In the council hall, Li Er is pacing back and forth, since Bai Fan's shot today, Li Er has been paying attention to the direction of Chang'an, because Buddhism has too much influence among the people, and if one is not good, the people in Chang'an City will be able to make a fuss.

"Your Majesty, the Marquis of Lantian has arrived."

Lao Gao pushed open the door to remind him, and quit by himself.

"You want to destroy the Buddha?" Li Er asked in a deep voice.

Bai Fan glanced up at Li Er, and didn't understand the purpose of his question at this time, whether he supported the destruction of the Buddha or not.

Shaking his head, Bai Fan said helplessly: "What's the matter, the Buddhist tree has big roots and deep roots, and no one can destroy it, so it can only be suppressed and changed to the maximum." ”

"But the whole city is full of rumors that you Bai Fan slaughtered the Wuxian Temple and threatened to destroy the Buddha and promote the Tao."

Hearing this, Bai Fan was surprised, he had been busy running around all the time, and he didn't pay attention to public opinion in the city, how could this be?

The Doufa Wuchuan Temple is public, when did you say that you have destroyed the Buddha? So what's the deal with taking in your own apprentices?

"Your Majesty, this is a rumor, could it be that someone deliberately stirs up right and wrong?"

Li Er nodded, "Since there isn't, then it must be the person behind it who made a move, hmph, good means, step by step entanglement, just take this opportunity to find out who is doing the ghost." ”

The two sat down on the side, Bai Fan poured two cups of tea, and then asked, "I don't know what Your Majesty thinks of Buddhism?" If it is true to destroy the Buddha, does Your Majesty support it? ”

Li Erruo glanced at Bai Fan with deep meaning, and then smiled heartily: "Boy, are you worried that I will protect the Buddha Sect?"

No, I once considered emulating my predecessors, such as the former Emperor Wen of Sui, Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, but over the years, I have come into contact with more and more things from your kid, and the classics I have seen also involve the three religions.

The Tibetans ruled the country with religion, and they could be regarded as the great achievements of the foolish people, but the weakness of the country could only be in a corner of peace.

During the Southern Dynasties, Buddhism was greatly revitalized, what happened in the end? There are temples everywhere, everyone recites Buddha, people flock to leave home, all over the country spend a lot of money to build temples, and finally even the fields are barren, and the national strength is greatly weakened, so the way to govern the country, the foolish people and religion are not good, can only be exchanged for temporary stability, for the whole country, it is a poison that slows down the development of the country.

Therefore, I never intended to build a Buddhist sect. ”

Bai Fan looked at Li Er, who was shining with wisdom in his eyes, and couldn't help but cheer loudly, but he didn't expect that unconsciously, this Tang Emperor had already grown like this, and his worries turned out to be nothing more than unfounded worries.

"Your Majesty can have such words, the country's luck, the people's luck, and the minister's Bai Fan's luck!"

"Okay boy, I keep learning to read every day, I don't want you to praise and flatter, I just don't want to do everything to others, and I have to rely on others to guide me in everything.

If it weren't for that, today would just be you telling me about the dangers of Buddhism again, and then I would take people to implement it according to your analysis, which greatly delayed the implementation efficiency of the government, and I didn't want to be such an incompetent king.

Let's talk about Buddhism, I won't say anything if you want to destroy the Buddha, but Buddhism is powerful, and it is easy not to move, do you understand the stakes? ”

"The minister understands, so I need the support of the imperial court policy, otherwise my means can only deal with the unvirtuous monks who make mistakes, for those Buddhist monks, I'm afraid it won't work, only by regulating Buddhism as a state affair, we can really limit it."

Bai Fan said seriously, and couldn't help but think of the method of Du Mu that appeared in history, a monk needs to have a degree to be considered a serious monk, otherwise people will be condemned as a fake monk or a wild monk.

And this degree is issued by the imperial court every year, and the distribution of the degree must also be carefully verified, and the monk must also take back the degree, this method effectively restricts the development of Buddhism, so Bai Fan is also ready to implement it in the Tang Dynasty, but the rules prepared by Bai Fan for Buddhism can be said to be more harsh and more difficult to implement.

Li Er listened carefully to Bai Fan's method, pondered for a moment, nodded and said: "This method is indeed effective, the difficulty is not afraid, now Buddhism has not flourished, the momentum of Taoism has stabilized Buddhism in recent years, and Buddhism has been gathered in troubled times, of which thirty percent are the gathering of bandits and bandits, it is easier to disperse them, take advantage of this good opportunity to properly exercise the law."

Go with confidence, I and the court will give you support.

Where are you going next? ”

Bai Fan got up and saluted Li Er, "Thank you Your Majesty for your support, Wuxian Temple is just a small role, the next step is to extract teeth and go to Songshan Shaolin Temple!" ”

"Okay, bring all the people, Shaolin Temple is a green forest sect, so you have to be prepared."

Bai Fan laughed and said: "If they are forced to rebel, I can't ask for it, I'm not afraid that they will do it, I'm afraid that they will be turtles with shrunken heads."

However, if you have ever heard a folk rumor, when Your Majesty pacified the troubled times, was there a story about the thirteen stick monks of Shaolin who saved the King of Qin? ”

Li Er frowned after hearing this, as if he remembered something annoying.

I couldn't help but stand up and flick my long sleeves, "Hmph, folk rumors?

It is true, but it is not at all the rescue of the Shaolin righteousness that the folk legend is, the Shaolin Temple was extraordinary, there was a large number of warrior monks roots, and later gathered a lot of grass monks, in the range of Henan Province, Shaolin is the largest cottage that is clearly placed.

When I fought with Wang Shichong of Luoyang for nine months, when I was about to decide the winner, the Shaolin Temple came forward to help me, it is conceivable that if I and Datang were at a disadvantage back then, they would not hesitate to throw themselves at Wang Shichong.

So don't worry about it this time, just go all out. ”

After getting Li Er's permission, Bai Fan had no worries, and was about to say goodbye and leave, but before going out, he was stopped by Li Er.

"Boy, the matter of the Daomen can be opened."

Bai Fan didn't look back, arched his hand to Li Er with a smile, and strode out of the palace gate, "Thank you, Your Majesty." ”

Just when Bai Fan took the army out of Chang'an City, a government decree came out of the palace in Chang'an City, Buddhism misled the country, fooled and deceived the people, the imperial court ordered the rectification of Buddhism, and all the large and small temples in Chang'an were blocked, waiting for the imperial court to review and verify them one by one.

With the matter of Wuxian Temple in front, there is no minister in the court to support the temple, this group of monks is also a group of mortal people, and there is no resistance in the face of the army's search and arrest by the imperial court.

And Bai Fan held the holy decree all the way, and on the way from Chang'an to Luoyang, all the Buddhist temples of all sizes were pushed over, and they were killed towards the Songshan Shaolin Temple with great momentum.

And other surrounding temples of all sizes fled, all fled to various places, to the famous big temple to seek refuge, Shaolin Temple originally only a few thousand monks, but when Bai Fan led the crowd to the foot of Shaolin Mountain, the entire Shaolin Temple has more than 10,000 monks.

Shaolin Temple abbot Tan Zhi Master is urgently discussing countermeasures with Shaolin elders, many monks and monks who came to defect elsewhere have suggested that the Dharma Protector monks take revenge, after all, Lantian Hou innocently slaughtered the Buddhist monks, and the Buddha also has angry eyes.

But the abbot of Tanzhi is clear in his heart, Bai Fan with a large army, even if he doesn't talk about the victory or defeat of the battle, once the army is moved, the meaning is different, that is, against the imperial court, it is equivalent to rebellion, and now it is the prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty, although Shaolin is strong, but it cannot bear the power of a country, and can only seek other methods.

Today's second chapter, please support, there will be more in the evening.

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