This pagoda is really majestic and abrupt. It is called to make a bronze glazed tower, a thousand gold relics peak. The ladder turns like a hole, and the door opens like a cage. The treasure bottle alludes to the moon in the sky, and the sound of Jin Duo spreads the wind on the sea. But when I saw the empty eaves arch, the clouds were left at the top. The void eaves arch bucket is made into a clever stone to wear the flower phoenix; Looking far away, thousands of miles away, Gordon seems to be in the nine skies. Glass lamps on the doors of the layers, and white jade railings in front of the eaves.

To put it simply, this pagoda is made of copper, which requires not only a lot of gold and bronze, but also a real master craftsman.

This pagoda has the highest status in the whole temple, and each hall surrounds the periphery, faintly having the potential of the stars and the moon.

Except for the copper tower, all the buildings are covered with three-color glazed tiles, and the color is as good as new, but I don't know whether it is because the monks in the temple are diligent in cleaning, or the tiles are so. In particular, the peacock blue in the three colors is the most dazzling. You can imagine the sparkling scene in the sunlight.

In front of the copper hall is a leading hall, made of white marble, 20 zhang wide, four zhang high, on the left and right walls, symmetrically inlaid with 8 pieces of solemn, solemn, holy bluestone gods and Buddhas sitting statues, in front of the hall, the stone lion is majestic, the tripod incense is swirling; around the hall, 24 big pillars hug the hall and stand up; the base of the main hall, the bluestone railing is guarded, and the 96 little lions of the interesting are arranged around.

Next to the "Guiding Hall" is the "Inspiration Temple". The "white jade Buddha statue" of Sakyamuni enshrined in the main hall is a seven-year-old statue of the Buddha, which is carved from a whole piece of white jade, beautiful and dignified, crystal clear and bright.

As for the four sides of the copper tower, in addition to the four stone steps at the entrances and exits, there are five hundred Arhats evenly distributed, all of them are made of gold and bronze, all of them have different expressions and postures, but no matter whether they open their eyes and protrude their foreheads, or hang their eyes and guard inside, they are all lifelike, no different from living people.

The other buildings are arranged in an orderly manner in all directions with the main hall on the axis as a whole, separated by forest roads, and have a solemn and sacred atmosphere.

A large incense burner is placed in front of the main entrance of the copper tower, and the burning sandalwood is sending out a large amount of aroma, which permeates the entire space, which makes people's minds calm down and infect the atmosphere of birth.

If anyone else, even an emperor or general, came here, they would definitely be shocked and cautious by such a solemn scene.

But what Feng Zhou saw here was a heart of poverty and luxury, and what he smelled was the copper smell and sour smell of the courtyard.

This Jinghuang Temple, hundreds of houses, at least a few thousand monks, these monks do not do production, but also have special people to worship, lend money to collect rent, and it is difficult to calm down.

For so many years, he has either governed the country and developed the people's livelihood, or he has led the army to war, destroyed the country and killed the generals.

He originally planned to introduce the Tang Dynasty culture, so he took the opportunity to establish Taoism and absorb the beliefs of all people.

But after returning to Zhu Zicheng this time, I heard that there was a holy monk coming to the west, resembling Maitreya Buddha, and he was listed in Jinghuang Temple, so he ordered Jinyiwei to investigate this temple.

It was only at this time that he was surprised to find that there were many monks in this Jinghuang Temple, the land was vast, and one percent of the fields outside Zhu Zicheng were under the name of Jinghuang Temple.

The key is that according to the customs since ancient times, the Buddhist temple is the habitat of the monks and does not need to pay taxes, so in just ten years, Jinghuang Temple is really rich and rivals the country, which makes Feng Zhou not angry?

With the style of sealing the boat, how can he allow others to control the land and not pay taxes within his scope?

After all, this kind of merger can easily cause people's lives to fall down, and then lead to people's livelihood problems.

Therefore, he came specially this time, first, to meet with this holy monk, and secondly, to deal with the tax and land issues of Jinghuang Temple.

Although the door had not been opened at this time, in the induction of Feng Zhou, he clearly knew that the fat monk who had lured him in was inside.

He rode his horse and slowly approached the bronze tower.

As the horse under the crotch moved forward, the bronze door in front of him began to open slowly, and after one person and one horse heard the door, the copper door had also opened to the maximum.

Feng Zhou sneered, turned over and dismounted, and walked into the copper tower.

The whole bronze hall is made of gold and bronze, and when you enter it at this time, you suddenly give people a feeling that a bird is in a cage and a golden bell is covered.

The body of the tower is full of patterned bricks, and there are more than 50 kinds of patterns such as flying sky, unicorn, bodhisattva, musician, lion, etc.

There is a large copper orb in the shape of a gourd embedded on the top, which looks like a monk wearing a solemn monk's hat from a distance. The window design of the tower body is also very unique, there are two kinds of open windows and blind windows, one open window on each floor, one layer in the north, two layers in the south, three layers in the west, four layers in the east, and so on, until the highest floor. The so-called blind window is actually a window mold that cannot be opened. The eaves of each layer are supported by the five pavements of the re-copied heart as the bucket arch; the east, west, south and north of the ground floor respectively open a boudoir-shaped door; only the north gate is set up with a stairway that can circle around the tower core pillar to the top. The remaining three doors are all octagonal treasures. Above the second floor, each floor has a window to overlook. The inner and outer walls are closely connected, and the structure is solid.

The four walls of each layer are densely placed with small bronze Buddha statues, all of which are exquisitely cast, set off between the bronze casting carved railing and the beamless hall wall, resulting in a rich texture, operating a kind of magnificent, golden glittering sacred atmosphere.

"Great!"

Feng Zhou was amazed as he walked up.

After he walked up to the top floor, he saw the pot-bellied monk sitting cross-legged, smiling, seeing him come in, he slowly stood up, stood up with one hand on his chest, and the other hand held a cloth bag, and said with a smile: "Poor monk Chang Tingzi, please meet Your Majesty." Your Majesty, please be seated. ”

This monk has a bald head and a monk's appearance, his ears are hanging down his shoulders, and his face is full of smiles, and his smile is wide open. Wearing a robe, bare-chested and exposed, one pressed a big pocket, one held a string of Buddhist beads, looking at the sealed boat happily, a pair of eyes as clear as clear water, deep and unfathomable, naturally with a leisurely and self-satisfied sense of leisure.

Feng Zhou shook his head and said, "Don't dare to sit, can't sit!"

Chang Tingzi shook his head and smiled: "Your Majesty has killed people and destroyed countless countries, and there are still things in the world that Your Majesty does not dare to do?"

Feng Zhou smiled: "Yes!"

He glanced at the wall of the bronze pagoda on the top floor and sighed: "Although I slaughtered the city and destroyed the country and killed countless people, I thought about the people's livelihood in my heart, and I am committed to improving the people's lives, and I do not object to them worshipping Buddha and seeking Taoism." ”

He looked at the shiny copper plate under his feet, and said with a look of pity: "But a gentleman loves money, and he takes it in a good way, and uses it in a better way, even if I stay in this place for a moment, I can't stand it! The smell of copper here is too great, and it is the most unsightly place, once it is contaminated by this smell, I am afraid that bathing and burning incense for a hundred years will not help." ”

The smile in Chang Tingzi's swollen eyes slowly faded, but he still had a smile on his face, and he opened his mouth to get to the point, "Your Majesty, I have always been a monk and a law-abiding family, and I only want to live in peace." Originally, in the past ten years, everything has been fine, why did His Majesty return from the Tang Dynasty this time deprive all the ancestral property in our temple? ”

Chang Tingzi sighed: "The donor originally had a relationship with my Buddhism, why did his temperament suddenly change greatly, could it be that the demon king possessed him." Have an enmity with my Buddha?"

When Feng Zhou heard this, he glanced at the monk deeply, "I have no enmity with the Buddha, and the Ming Dynasty has no enmity with the Buddha, but the tens of millions of landless people in Zhu Zicheng have enmity with Jinghuang Temple!"

"A monk must be a monk!"

He turned around suddenly, pointed to the bronze Arhat in the courtyard, and then patted the wall of the bronze hall beside him, "Poor and extravagant, the desire is difficult to peace! Spend so much manpower and material resources, just for the golden body of the Buddha statue!"

Feng Zhou looked at the young monk, "Back then, the Buddha preached the Dharma, wore tattered clothes, held a bowl barefoot, ate hundreds of meals, wore hundreds of clothes, slept under the trees, meditated in the forest, spring, summer, autumn and winter, without gold and silver, there was no luxury. ”

"I heard that when you first arrived in Zhu Zicheng, your eyebrows were furrowed and your belly was big, and you couldn't speak, and you slept everywhere. I often use a stick to pick a cloth bag into the market, and beg when I see things, and put all the things offered by others into the cloth bag, but no one has ever seen you pour out the things, and the cloth bag is empty. If somebody asks you about the Dharma, you put the bag down. If he still doesn't understand what you mean, continue to ask again, and he immediately picks up the cloth bag and leaves without looking back. They still didn't pay attention to him, and he laughed. ”

Feng Zhou said with a smile: "But this Jinghuang Temple is good, well-dressed, well-dressed, living in gold and silver, eating in the temple, not only does not pay taxes, but also has no land for the people to cultivate, no one cares, and there is no mercy for lending and renting." ”

His voice shook the entire pagoda and buzzed, "Returning the ancestral property? This temple is the temple that I gave the relics to the Taishang King to enjoy after I conquered the sacrificial country, and the Taishang King established this temple on a whim." In essence, this is a royal temple! Even the land stones are given by the King Taishang, what do you do? Even a single grass and tree is also given by the royal family, where is your inheritance!"

He casually took off a small Buddha from the bronze wall, "It's just that this one is so beautifully carved that the bronze Buddha is enough for ordinary people to eat and drink for more than two months." ”

"The people worship the Buddha for a better life, and the monks of the Jinghuang Temple cultivate the Buddha, cultivate the gold and silver, and cultivate the brain full of fat. I don't see the people of the world, but I see insatiable greed!"

Chang Tingzi laughed and said: "I never thought that the donor actually entered the devil's path, you need to know that the Dharma is profound, only those who are destined, and the people of the world are ignorant, and they all want to become Buddhas, so they have to set standards and raise the threshold." You must know that the sutra can not be passed on lightly, the Buddha can not be taken lightly, to the monks of the time to go down the mountain, once this sutra in the house of the elder Zhao of the country of Shewei Guo and he recited it again, to ensure the safety of the living in his family, the deceased detachment, only to ask him three buckets of three liters of rice and gold back, the Buddha also said that they are cheap, and the descendants of the children and grandchildren have no money to use. Your Majesty should not be extreme, be deceived by Bodian, become the big devil who destroys my Buddhism, and fall into the boundless hell forever. ”

Feng Zhou didn't answer his words at all, and directly stretched out his hand, and an empty futon next to him was falsely beckoned into his hand, and then put it on the ground, sat cross-legged on it, and asked Chang Tingzi, "Monk, let me ask you, is your Buddhism a Buddha, or is it a name, is it money, or status?"

Chang Tingzi whispered to the Buddha: "Buddhist disciples want to eat and drink, and money is indispensable for daily use. ”

Feng Zhou laughed and said, "Does the Buddha Sect want you to make a lot of money and annex the land?"

He looked at Chang Tingzi, who was smiling, and said with a smile: "Whether it is Buddhism, Taoism, or even the Western monotheistic religion, as long as it leads people to goodness, I will not restrict it, but if some monks wantonly collect money and annex land under the guise of worshiping Buddha, causing the people to live in poverty and the foundation of the country is unstable, as the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, I can't ignore it!"