Chapter Seventy-Six: White Horse Temple
After all the permissions were introduced, he looked at Liu Braid with his eyes, and Liu Braid waved his hand to signal that he could step back and that he was about to speak; In fact, the upstarts in Luoyang today are far more than those who are here, but these people are the people who Liu Braided and Jia Xu feel have the most influence and influence in Luoyang after discussing with Jia Xu, in other words, they are all the bigwigs in Luoyang. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Liu Braided opened his mouth and said: "There are people I know and some I don't know who are here today, but you are representatives of the Luoyang Shi clan, gangs, the army, religion and foreign friendly forces; I invite you to come here today because the king has a few things to announce to you, and a few things that I would like to discuss with you. After Liu Braided finished speaking, he looked at everyone attending the meeting.
The first to speak was Lu Zhi; 鲁置 says:
"If the lord has any orders, just say it directly, I will do it" Lu Zhi is still very supportive of Liu Braid, as a veteran of the Han Dynasty, and the person with the highest status and highest official position in Liu Braid's camp, it is difficult for others to speak if he does not speak; However, Liu Braid also knew that Lu Zhi said this and supported his own factors, but there was also an element of the scene, because Liu Braid came to them this time mostly to ask them to pay, and he took money from other people's pockets and directly ordered it to rob, so it is not that no one else has done this, but Liu Braid will definitely not do this, he used to personally give strict orders to protect private property in Luoyang.
"Yes, lord, just say it, we will listen to your orders" Han Hao, Shi Jian and others also echoed one after another, as military generals, they still handled things and spoke more straightforwardly.
Immediately afterwards, representatives of these newly rising forces also expressed their positions:
"Yes, Your Highness, we are all your people, you command, we have nothing to say"
After hearing this, Liu Braided knew that they were just talking, but he was also a lot more relieved, at least it showed that in Luoyang City now, the forces with heads and faces at least obeyed themselves, and there was no one who dared to prick their hairs openly; You must know that Liu Braid, as a modern person, is still not too adaptable to the ancient era of killing people and rebelling, and he is still more important than development in his heart, so if the internal instability is unstable, he will not be like anything to unify the world and the like, to be honest, the slogan of unifying the world and sweeping Liuhe is far from being so attractive to a 16-year-old Liu Braid, compared to the unification of the world, he became the richest man in ancient times, and he can soak girls every day, travel the mountains and rivers, and eat all kinds of food, Visiting the beautiful scenery is more attractive to him, but the latter is obviously unlikely in this troubled era, if you want to live a good life, you must first ensure that you don't die, and it would be good if you could really unify the world or something, but at this time, Liu Braid really didn't dare to think so much.
Liu Braid then began to announce several of his policies:
"First, renovate and expand the White Horse Temple in Luoyang; Li Yi (Dharma name Dujing), a 30-year-old monk of the White Horse Temple at that time, was appointed as the new presiding officer, and the king contributed 20 million yuan to expand it; Mr. Zigan (Lu Zhi) still needs your help to coordinate the specific construction matters, and if the money is not enough, this king can also add a few million dollars."
After saying these words, everyone present was confused, the most blinded is Zhang Tianshi, Zhang Wei, you must know that at this time, before the Han Dynasty in China, it was the world of Taoism, Buddhism was introduced into this dynasty for only a few decades, and the famous one in the world is just a White Horse Temple, why does this little prince not support his own Heavenly Master Taoism, but supports the cult? In the eyes of the Taoists at that time, there were few Buddhists and many rules, and they felt that it was a cult; It's as if the earliest Christianity was only a branch of Judaism, and Judaism considered Christianity to be a cult;
But Liu Braid's intention was not temporary, he did it for a reason, you must know that in the ancient feudal dynasty, there were three forces that were most likely to overthrow the ruler, one was internal disintegration, the second was foreign invasion, and the third was the intention of the bottom; You can't avoid internal disintegration, whether it is a feudal town, a brother, uncle, nephew, usurping the throne, or a powerful minister overthrowing the emperor, these systems can only suppress the east and not the west; The second is the invasion of foreign races, the cost of minority wars is low, every few hundred years will be beaten by various forces in Eurasia, in ancient times there was no gun such a weapon, it is destined to be advanced and will be beaten, people have been fighting on horseback since childhood, how do you fight with others? The third is the idea of the bottom, which is commonly known as the peasant uprising, and the peasant uprising is always said by the commentators in the storytelling; You must know that in the ancient agricultural society, there were very few people in a village or town, and if you call out in that village and say that you rebel, who cares about you, you can't even find a high place; You must know that in ancient times, the most effective organizational tool for organizing peasant rebellion was religion, and only religion could organize scattered forces scattered everywhere, whether it was the Yellow Turban Rebellion in the Han Dynasty or the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom later.
Liu Braid also did some in-depth research, he thought about it for a long time, many kinds of religions, including what Christianity (jidujiao) in the West, Taoism in China, and ****** religion (yisilanjiao) in Arabia, this kind of organizational ability is stronger than the other, and it is not suitable for his own rule, Taoism needless to say, how many emperors in China are obsessed with Taoism and want to refine the pill and cultivate immortals, resulting in the death of the country, ****** The control of the church over the believers has long surpassed the control of the government over the believers; Not to mention Christianity, where the power of the pope in Europe even exceeds that of secular emperors; So these are not Liu Braid's first choice, of course, these religions all promote people to be good, but Liu Braid's thought of a religion that also preaches people to be good, but does not have such a strong desire to control is Buddhism, Buddhism spreads very quickly and widely, and is very suitable for the characteristics of human nature in Asia, which has been verified over time; So Liu Braid is not worried at all, the most important thing is that there has never been a large-scale rebellion against the imperial court organized by Buddhism, and he has always helped the imperial court to educate the people in history, which makes Liu Braid feel that although the power of Buddhism is small now, it has a lot to do in the future, and it is a potential stock.
In fact, Liu Braids himself is not a Buddhist, and he does not believe in Buddhism, but this does not prevent him from setting Buddhism as the largest religion in his sphere of influence, and can also check and balance the remnants of the Tianping Dao (Yellow Turban), and can also guard against the growing Heavenly Master Dao (Wudou Mi Dao), which is simply Liu Braid's best choice at present; Just two months before Liu Braid, on the way to play, he finally found time to play, of course, he didn't dare to go too far, so he went to the White Horse Temple, and accidentally met the 30-year-old monk Li Yi, and talked with him and found that he had seen and heard the broadcast, as a Han Chinese, but was born in Tianzhu (India and Nepal region, this Li Yi was also born in the Nepal region) knows several languages, and the monks passed through the Western Regions, Saiwai all the way to Luoyang to preach Buddha, absolutely a great character, You must know that in the Han Dynasty, it was not so comfortable to travel so far as a traveler; After some conversation, Liu Braided and Li Yi had a very happy conversation, and decided to let Li Yilai be the host of the White Horse Temple, and spread the scriptures and the Dharma in his own sphere of influence, and it would be better if it could be passed on to other forces, so there was today's scene.
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