"Yes, who will be the pope of Buddhism?" After listening to Liu Hong's words, An Qing also felt that this was a difficult problem, and thought about it for a long time before saying, "Your Majesty, what do you think of my disciple Yan Fo's tune?" He is dedicated to the Buddha, and he is also deeply trusted by the people, and most importantly, his understanding is quite high! ”

"Quite a high level of understanding?"

"Yes, Your Majesty." An Qing looked at Liu Hong and said sincerely: "With his understanding, no matter what your majesty commands, he will definitely be able to understand it very well!" ”

"Ah, this is a good understanding, I like it!" As soon as Liu Hong heard it, he knew that this was An Qing's betrayal of sincerity to him on behalf of Buddhism. However, Liu Hong pondered, although it is a good thing for Buddhism to lose sincerity, but the actual problem has not been solved, "Master An, if you want to be the Pope, it is not enough to have understanding, he still lacks a name." ”

"Your Majesty, I don't know what the name of the apprentice is?"

"Master An, in our Han Dynasty, if we don't have enough name, it is impossible for the identity of the apprentice to override the master."

As soon as Liu Hong said this, An Qing also realized this problem. So, he began to ponder desperately. What kind of identity do you have to assign to Yan Fo in order to be above him as a master.

"Unless he is a Buddha, how can he let his identity override my master?" An Qing thought like this, and suddenly reminded himself, "Yes, as long as you become a Buddha, won't you override me as a master in terms of identity!" ”

An Qing remembered all kinds of Buddhist scriptures, and he thought of it at once, and the Buddhist scriptures said, "When the Buddha was alive, he asked how to become a Buddha." The Buddha said: I am a Buddha myself, so why do I need others to say it. "In that case, doesn't that mean that everyone is a Buddha? Since everyone is a Buddha, then it is said that Yan Buddha is a Buddha. It's not a.

An Qing is not a person who does not know how to change, and this matter still involves the promotion of Buddhism, so he said to Liu Hong as soon as he crossed his heart: "Your Majesty, in fact, Yan Buddha is a living Buddha. His identity is definitely above the little monk. It will not affect His Majesty's canonization of the Pope. ”

"Living Buddha?!"

Liu Hong was directly shocked by this title, but he didn't expect him to make such a mess, not only did the name of Buddhism appear decades earlier. Even the Living Buddha was born nearly a thousand years in advance.

"Yes, Your Majesty, the little disciple is strict with the Buddha, that is, the living Buddha is still alive." He looked at Liu Hong's surprised face. He said: "Of course, because he has not yet been canonized by Your Majesty, he has not yet returned to the throne as a living Buddha." But as soon as he is approved by Your Majesty, the Lord of the world, he will quickly return to the throne. ”

"Oh, that's a smart man."

Regarding An Qing's statement, Liu Hong was quite satisfied. This not only solves the problem of the identity of the Yan Buddha, but also puts the identity of the living Buddha under the throne. It is quite sensible not to let it pose a threat to the throne.

"Since Yan Buddha is a living Buddha, then his identity is not a problem." However, Liu Hong could not let Buddhism go so easily, and then he continued: "But although I help you promote it, you also have to contribute!" ”

"Your Majesty, please." It should be done, so An Qing is not ambiguous about this issue at all.

Seeing An Qing so knowledgeable about current affairs, Liu Hong was quite happy and said, "Master An, the current religious world. There are also quite a few scum. ”

"Your Majesty, it is our Buddhist responsibility to eradicate evil demons and protect the Dharma."

"Okay, that's fine." Liu Hong continued: "After my verification. Zhang Jiao's Taiping Dao is actually a cult that can only demagogue people's minds. When he arrives, I will ask you Buddhists to help expose his true colors. ”

"Your Majesty, it is incumbent upon us Buddhists to do this."

Although An Qing knew that once he agreed to this matter, their Buddhism would completely stand on the opposite side of Taoism. But in this matter, he couldn't help but agree. Let's not talk about this matter, it is a vote for Liu Hong's arms. Just because of the fame gained by exposing the cult, he can't help but be unmoved. After all, if Buddhism wants to develop, if it is not famous, it is nonsense.

Liu Hong and An Qing talked very happily in the palace. However, Zhang Jiao, who was also discussing together, was different from Zhang Bao. Because they didn't find a suitable person to accommodate the court and the emperor, they are now dying of sorrow.

"Big brother, it's really not good, we won't go to the capital. Anyway, the court is sending invitations, we just don't go, and they can't say anything else. ”

After listening to Zhang Bao's words, Zhang Jiao shook his head and said: "Brother, now someone has knocked on the drum and sued the emperor, if we don't go, then it will be true that we are thieves." Then, the army of the imperial court will immediately come to 'invite us'." ”

"But eldest brother, looking at those families who are usually polite to us, now they are afraid of us. If we go to the capital, it will definitely be a meat bun and a dog with no return. ”

"Then we're going too." Zhang Jiao gritted his teeth and said: "Looking at the current situation, the imperial court does not have evidence that we are deceiving. So we went to the capital, and there is still a way to live. Otherwise, we are killing ourselves. ”

"In that case, let's go to the capital to meet the little emperor." At this time, Zhang Bao's attitude was extremely firm, "Big brother, the current court is quite reasonable. Since the court doesn't have our real evidence, then they definitely can't do anything to us. Besides, which of these sectarians in the world is clean? As long as we form an alliance with them, even if the imperial court wants to move us, we have to consider the impact. ”

"yes, that's the way to do it now." After making up their minds, Zhang Jiao and Zhang Bao packed up their things with a bumpy mood, took his core group of sect members, and went to the capital.

Zhang Jiao and they embarked on the road to the capital. And after Liu Hong sent An Qing away, he also began to wonder how he was going to deal with Zhang Jiao and his Taipingdao.

Zhang Jiao and Taiping Dao, that must not be left. But how to get rid of them, it is definitely necessary to think carefully. After all, Zhang Jiao's Taiping Dao has a power all over the five states of Dahan, and if it is forcibly exterminated, it will definitely be a considerable shock.

"Alas, this Zhang Jun is too, after arranging it for so long, he only got the position of the leader of the Five Doumi Sect. If he even snatched the seat of Taiping Dao, wouldn't it be so troublesome now? ”

However, complaining is complaining, and Liu Hong also knows that the Zhang Jiao brothers are cautious and will not trust others easily. Therefore, it is not easy for the people arranged by Zhang Jun to gain their trust in such a short period of time, let alone climb to a high position. Since there are no people in high positions of their own, it is useless to kill Brother Zhang Jiao.

In the past, the Zhang Jiao brothers could not be assassinated, but now they cannot be assassinated. After all, Liu Hong still wants to use the Taiping Dao to bring Buddhism to the opposite side of Taoism. Now if you assassinate the Zhang Jiao brothers, if Taoism and Buddhism live in peace directly, what if you come to hello, I'm good, everyone's good.

Liu Hong is now desperately pondering. What can be done to get rid of Zhang Jiao and his Taiping Dao without causing any shock to the Han.

When Liu Hong was pondering, Zhang Jiao and his party happened to meet Zhang Heng and them, who also entered Beijing.

Although Zhang Jiao and Zhang Heng are not familiar with each other, they have also dealt with each other and know each other. Now Zhang Jiao wanted to pull a few sect alliances, so as soon as he saw Zhang Heng, he came over and took the initiative to say hello, "Sect Leader Zhang is glad to meet." ”

"Fortunately, fortunately." When Zhang Heng saw Zhang Jiao, he also hurriedly greeted, "The great sage and good teacher are also going to the capital?!" ”

"Yes, Sect Leader Zhang." Zhang Jiao hurriedly replied, "I said goodbye to the sect leader in a hurry last time, and I didn't have time to talk in detail. This time, we are all on the same road, but we have to talk about it in detail. ”

"Yes, yes, the last time the great sage and good teacher attended the funeral of the old sect leader, Xiaodao did not entertain him well. This time there is just a chance, Xiaodao wants to entertain the great sages and mentors. ”

"Where, where." At this time, how could Zhang Jiao be big, "Sect Leader Zhang is too angry, last time he was entertained by Sect Leader Zhang, this time the little brother is right." ”

In this way, under Zhang Jiao's deliberate stuttering, the teams of their two sects merged together.

Zhang Heng is not only a eater of the rivers and lakes, he is also a secret agent of the imperial court. Zhang Jiao's contrived words, how could he not know what it was for. But now he has also received information from Zhang Jun, and knows that if he gets it right this time, he will be developed. So he has been working with Zhang Jiao to find out Zhang Jiao's plans and make a contribution to himself.

Zhang Jiao didn't know Zhang Heng's plans, he saw that Zhang Heng was so polite and so easy to deal with. After two days of temptation, after being sure that Zhang Heng had no ill will towards him, he planned to discuss the alliance with him.

"Sect Leader Zhang, what do you think the imperial court has recruited us all this time?"

"Great sage and good teacher, didn't the imperial court say that this time we are going to discuss the matter of religious reform."

"It's about the Reformation." Zhang Jiao nodded, and then said: "But reform, that is, it may change in the direction that is favorable to us, and it may also change in the direction that is unfavorable to us." Sect Leader Zhang thinks that in which direction is this reform more likely? ”

"Great sage and good teacher, no matter how much we talk about this problem, it is in vain." Zhang Heng looked at Zhang Jiao, and then said: "Although our majesty is not very old, his prestige has almost reached the highest level in all dynasties. With such prestige as him, no matter which direction he wants to change, we can only listen. ”

"Sect Leader Zhang, although what you said is true. However, we should also be prepared. Zhang Jiao said: "According to the younger brother, it is absolutely impossible for the reform of the imperial court this time to change in the direction that is beneficial to us." So we should unite and fight for our interests with the imperial court. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point () to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support, is my biggest motivation. For mobile phone users, please go to M. to read. )9