Chapter 20: Buddhist Society (1)

Hearing Li Zhen's words, Xuanzang breathed a sigh of relief, because the meaning of Li Zhen's words was obvious, Buddhism was doomed, but Li Zhen would leave them a way to live, and they would not be wiped out.

"Then Your Highness, what step are you going to take?" But after thinking about it, he was still a little uneasy, and Xuanzang asked again.

"This ......" Li Zhen pretended to ponder for a while before saying: "That's it, since I have already said it, then tell you everything, this king can leave a line of incense for Buddhism." "But don't be lucky, since this king wants to knock on the door of Buddhism, he will naturally knock to the end, and he will definitely not tolerate the great traitors. You yourself are a great Buddha man, you should know very well what the current Buddhism is like, a good famous ancient temple, stunned to make them a place to hide dirt and dirt.

So don't blame this king, let alone persuade this king's subordinates to be merciful, as long as the information handed over by the blood dragon guard is true, then one is counted as one, as long as there is a crime and a crime, this king will not let any of them go. ”

"Amitabha, the poor monk has no opinion on this matter." Xuanzang recognized Li Zhen's way of dealing with it, as a Taoist and virtuous, he is indeed very unaccustomed to this kind of thing in Buddhism, but although he was also famous before, but in the face of a religion, after all, people are soft-spoken, and there is no way. However, after Tianzhu learned the scriptures, his status will inevitably increase greatly after going back this time, and if he brings it up again, there should be many people who will consider their own ideas.

However, the possibility of this proposal being passed will not be too great, because this is a major source of income for Buddhism, and the biggest possibility of his proposal is to delay, delay and delay, and eventually fail.

Since he can't do it himself, now that Li Zhen wants to rectify it ruthlessly, he naturally has no opinion.

But Li Zhen's next words made his face change greatly......

I saw Li Zhen say: "In addition, in addition to these criminals, there are also some fake monks who are also within the scope of treatment. ”

"May I ask Your Highness, what is a fake monk?" Xuanzang was shocked in his heart, and he already had a guess in his heart.

Li Zhen explained: "It is literal, being a monk, but not eating fasting and reciting Buddha, chanting scriptures and chanting scrolls, not doing well in the mountains to practice, abiding by the rules and precepts, preferring to fool believers into offering incense money in various names, or simply evading the government's taxes in the name of the family, and making a good Buddhist pure place into a black miasma, looking around, it is full of copper smell - master, do you say such a monk is a real monk?" It is precisely such an opportunistic villain who has damaged the reputation of Buddhism, such a person, if he does not clean it up, how can Buddhism have a positive image? Master, you yourself said, should such a person be cleaned up? ”

"This ......" Xuanzang's face was difficult to look at, although he had not investigated, but he knew that the kind of people Li Zhen said in his mouth accounted for more than ninety percent of the disciples of Buddhism, if you really want to clean up these people according to what Li Zhen said, then the influence of Buddhism will be infinitely reduced, and it will completely change from the first major religion in the Central Plains to a partial sect, and it will never be possible to emerge again.

But what Li Zhen said is very reasonable, these people are greedy one by one, in order to compete with Taoists for believers, they can be said to do everything, and even made the assassination of Li Zhen, how can such a person be regarded as a disciple of Buddhism?

This is a fact, and even Xuanzang can't refute it—let alone disdain to refute it.

"Then what is Your Highness going to do?" Thinking of this, Xuanzang couldn't help asking.

"It's very simple, this king is going to set up a Buddhist society, and the role is to supervise and guide the direction of Buddhism - the so-called horse can't do without reins, if Buddha wants to develop steadily, he must put a saddle sheath and reins, and the Buddhist society is the saddle of Buddhism.

As for the reins of the Buddha's gates, this king intends to regulate them with the law.

Don't forget that it has already been preliminarily written, and it happens that today while the master is here, please ask the master to help correct it. If the master has no opinion, then the king will play his father and ask him to make a decision. Li Zhen clapped his hands, and a waiter immediately came to Xuanzang with an excerpt.

"Master, please take a look." Li Zhen smiled and motioned for Xuanzang to open it and take a look.

"The poor monk is rude." Xuanzang picked up the fold and browsed carefully.

What is recorded on the excerpt is the rules that Li Zhen set for Buddhism, and there are all kinds of them:

Article 1: The right to issue the Buddha's degree will be withdrawn, and the Buddhist Society will issue it uniformly, and the Buddha's degree will no longer enjoy legal protection.

Article 2: In the future, all those who want to be monks must take the general examination like a student, and only after passing the assessment of the Buddhist Society can they be issued degrees, otherwise they can only be regarded as wild monks, and if they are caught, they will be thrown into the subordinate division.

Article 3: Buddhist disciples should study the Buddhist scriptures intensively and practice wholeheartedly, so the Buddhist Society needs to take the annual examination of the monks who are registered, if they do not qualify, they will be withdrawn and ordered to return to the world, and if they still want to be monks, they must retake the examination.

Article 4: 'Under the whole world, it is not the land of the king; On the shore of the land, it is not the king', the world is all of the Tang Dynasty, and the mountains and rivers are also of the Tang Dynasty. If Buddhism wants to build a temple, it must be reported to the Buddhist Society for approval, and the Buddhist Society will build it in accordance with the specifications.

Article 5: The property of Buddhism, only the temple itself belongs to the temple itself, and the land outside the temple will be recovered from the state, and the Buddha is not allowed to occupy it without permission, otherwise it will be severely punished.

Article 6: Buddhist disciples also need to be registered, and each person will be given acres of land according to the quota, and in addition, Buddhism is not allowed to own an inch of land.

Article 7: Buddhists are also required to pay taxes and no longer enjoy tax exemptions.

Article 8: Buddhist disciples only need to practice, not to be ordered to do other karma, believers will be offered incense money, will be collected by the Buddhist Society ninety percent, in the nearby prefectures and counties to establish orphans for the elderly, the adoption of childless widows or orphans who have lost their parents, accumulate virtue and do good. Only one percent is left for the temple's daily life.

Article 9: Buddhism temples are overflowing, there are at least three or more in each state and county, it is really a great waste, should be combined with temples, demolished redundant temples, each state is allowed to leave only one temple, not only convenient management, but also to promote mutual exchanges between monks, learn from each other, and promote progress.

Article 10:......

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Article 108: Disciples of Buddhism should abide by the rules and precepts at all times, and must not violate them in the slightest, otherwise they will be severely punished. The above laws, the Datang One Buddha Society has the final right to interpret.

I bumped into my leg while lifting something, and it hurt so much(╥_╥)

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