Chapter 67: Buddhist Thought (1)

Wu Meiniang frowned slightly, and said: "I don't remember this very well, if all the temples near Chang'an City are combined, it is estimated that there are less than 20,000 people!" There are probably less than 10,000 monks, and the others are nuns. ”

"There are so many people, how can there be so many people all of a sudden, don't you remember that there were less than 10,000 at the beginning?" Li Shenleng paused for a moment and said, it was completely unbelievable, this number is a little more, Chang'an City is only a million people now, and the number of monks and nuns combined is so much.

"At that time they all left and went to the temples everywhere."

"Lone knows, and Lone will solve this matter tomorrow."

Wu Meiniang looked at Li Shen with a smile and asked, "What are you going to do?" Bloody repression? ”

Li Shen shook his hand and said, "In your heart, if you encounter a violent solution to the problem, is there no other solution?" ”

"It doesn't seem like there is, if you do things to get rid of violence, it seems that you have never seen any other way to solve it."

Li Shen was embarrassed when he heard this, it really seemed that every time he encountered something, he used violence to solve it, but to get rid of violence to solve it, he really didn't know that it was solved in a simple way now, and the problem was solved quickly with violence, and it could also produce a shocking force, so that those grandsons could also be frightened and dare not act arbitrarily.

"This will not be done, but it still has to be dealt with, and the number of monks must be controlled at a certain number, and the entire Buddhism must also be taken over by the imperial court."

"What about Taoism?"

"Taoism is like this for the time being, just get rid of those who act recklessly and deceive the people, how to say that it is also an orthodox sect in China, there are still many good people in it, and Buddhism is not even worthy of carrying shoes compared to them."

Li Shen followed up and asked, "By the way, what year is this year?" ”

Seeing Wu Meiniang's strange face, Li Shen reached out and touched his nose, and said, "I just forgot." ”

"After the end of the eighteenth year of Zhenguan, 644 years."

Li Shen paused slightly, it seems that today's history has completely changed, and Tang Sanzang actually returned a year ahead of schedule.

But yes, now that the Tubo that connects the countries of the Western Regions has perished, the soldiers stationed there are all soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, and the people are still more supportive of the monks, and it is much more convenient to return along the way.

"Sleep, I'll go and solve this matter tomorrow morning."

Lying on the bed, Li Shen looked at Wu Meiniang, who soon fell into a deep sleep, reached out and pressed the switch, and exhaled slightly, feeling that this time passed a little too quickly, but he didn't expect that several years would pass in a blink of an eye.

Early the next morning.

Li Shen sat in a special carriage and headed straight towards the Temple of Mercy and Grace.

More than 1,000 heavily armed soldiers followed behind and ran fast,

The Temple of Mercy and Grace is not very far from the Imperial City, more than an hour away, and the carriage stopped in front of the mountain gate of the Temple of Mercy and Grace.

It was very lively, it was really lively, and the people were walking towards the mountains with reverent faces.

Master Xuanzang actually went to the place of the birth of the Buddha and returned from the scriptures, what a thing, in the face of the holy land of Buddhism, for the people, it was the realm of immortals, and I didn't expect Master Xuanzang to be able to arrive.

Too superstitious thoughts, just like Kunlun Mountain, make the people have a feeling of unattainable, these things are fairyland in their hearts, and it is impossible to reach them.

What was originally a very ordinary thing became more and more bizarre when it was passed down from mouth to mouth among the people.

In addition, people like Tang Xuanzang, for the devotion of the Buddha, the words that come out of his mouth will definitely deviate from everything he originally saw, and it is obvious that when he speaks, he will say everything in his heart, and if he doesn't do it well, he can say that he really saw the Buddha appear, and said all kinds of encouraging words to him, and sprinkled the light of the Buddha on all places in the Tang Dynasty.

Li Shen really despises this kind of cultivation in the afterlife, talking about cause and effect, and selfish behavior.

Li Shen's reputation is now well-known around Chang'an City, and what he has done for the people has also won the support, affirmation and support of the people.

Seeing Li Shen get out of the carriage, the surrounding people suddenly fell to their knees, and the sound of the tsunami of the mountain league continued.

Li Shen stretched out his hand and waved it slightly, a small chair was placed in front of him, sat down, and said, "Get out!" ”

All kinds of voices are constantly discussed, and they still know that for the sake of the late Empress Changsun, they sent a lot of monks to become monks, and they really didn't expect Master Xuanzang to return, which alarmed His Royal Highness the Prince.

The news of Li Shen's arrival was soon learned by the abbot of the Temple of Mercy and Grace, and a large group of people came to greet him.

There is no way to please him, who makes the family the future son of heaven, and he is still so decisive and vicious, and he is still flattering, and he is counting on him to be able to allocate more funds to repair the temple in the future, and counting on the people's little incense money, even their food and drink is a problem.

Although the Tang Dynasty also has fields for monks, don't forget, this is Chang'an City, where the fields give you food, you rely on the fate and the annual appropriation of the imperial court to live.

"I've seen His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Li Shen glanced at a group of bald donkeys, stood up from the seats, and looked at the people sitting there in front of the main hall of the Temple of Mercy and Grace with pious faces, there was a table at the door of the main hall, the table was covered with bright yellow satin, Master Xuanzang sat on it, holding a book in his hand, looking at the gaze he cast, and nodded slightly without the slightest expression.

Li Shen pointed to the table, facing Su Dingfang beside him, and said, "What's going on?" Don't you know that this color can only be used by the father and the orphan? ”

Su Dingfang pouted slightly, to be honest, he didn't know what he was doing today, but now he finally knew that it seemed that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was a little idle to find trouble with these monks, and said, "Your Highness, this is the same as the rules." ”

Indeed, and rules, this is also a way of default, but it is strictly forbidden in the laws of the Tang Dynasty, and bright yellow can only be used by the Son of Heaven and the future Son of Heaven.

Looking at Li Shen's glaring eyes, Su Dingfang reached out and touched his nose, this kind of thing is really not good for others to do, walked over to Master Xuanzang not far away, saluted, and said, "Master Xuanzang, as a citizen of the Tang Dynasty, don't you even know the laws of the Tang Dynasty?" It's too presumptuous for you as a monk to use this color and put this cloth on the table. ”