Chapter 1512: Narodnik-style Buddhism

When Zhu Guoxiong arrived at the Hot Spring Palace the next afternoon with Pan Zuyin, the left minister of the cabinet, Zhu Guowei, who had shaved his head and pretended to be a monk, and the real lama Lai XI, who had a stubble head, were both there, enjoying Indian songs and dances, and it was not Queen Bai herself, of course, who brought her from India to dance. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info fake monks and real lamas are all watching with relish, and they are two prodigal monks.

The arrival of Emperor Xuanwu naturally announced the end of the song and dance performance, Zhu Jishi retired from the dancing concubine, asked the maids to prepare tea and snacks, and talked to Zhu Guoxiong and Pan Zuyin in the Changle Hall where they enjoyed the song and dance. The fake monk, the real lama, and the imperial concubine Mary Asia, who was also in charge of the Taishang Imperial Study, were all left by Zhu Jishi to sit with him.

Glancing at the monks and lamas, Zhu Guo said ambitiously: Why did the Emperor Taishang leave them behind?

Most of the conversations between the Emperor and the Emperor were about state affairs. Clementina's participation is also a matter of fact - this woman has been "women participating in politics", which made Luo Xiangmei jealous at first, and there were some people in the court who complained about it, but now everyone is used to it. But Zhu Guowei and the discussion of Buddhism?

When Zhu Guoxiong was puzzled, Zhu Jishi had already spoken, "Maria, show the "Rulai True Scripture" to the emperor and Pan Zuoxiang. ”

If it is true? Zhu Guoxiong and Pan Zuyin glanced at each other, what is the situation today? Emperor Taishang actually opened his mouth to be a Buddhist scripture?

"Emperor Taishang, is this the Great Ri Rulai Sutra?" Pan Zuyin believed in Buddhism and was even able to recite many Buddhist scriptures, including the seven-volume "Great Virujana Sutra of Divine Transformation and Blessing", commonly known as the "Great Ri Nyorai Sutra". But he had never seen the scriptures on the manuscript he was holding in his hand before. And it doesn't look like a Buddhist scripture......

"This is not the Great Day Nyorai Sutra. It's the "True Sutra". Zhu Jishi smiled and pointed at the fake monk Zhu Guowei. This is the enlightenment of the national guard in Nalanda Monastery, and the Lai Lama helped to embellish it. ”

'Is this really the path of enlightenment at Nalanda?' How does it look a bit like enlightenment in Jerusalem......' Pan Zuyin thought to himself.

"Pan Xiang, you are proficient in the three teachings of Confucianism and Taoism, do you think you can add a little more Confucianism to the "Rulai Zhenjing"?"

Pan Zuyin's face was embarrassed, this "Rulai True Scripture" is obviously a "false scripture", if he helps to forge it together, the gods and Buddhas in the sky don't know if they will be guilty?

Zhu Guoxiong knew his father-in-law's thoughts, and hurriedly opened his mouth to relieve him and said, "Father." Pan Zuoxiang is busy with affairs, and I am afraid that he will not have time to understand Buddhism, so it is better to let his sons do it for him, and his sons also understand Confucian principles. ”

Pan Zuyin breathed a sigh of relief - such a blasphemy against the gods and Buddhas should be done by the Son of Heaven, who has the mandate of heaven.

"Then it's a nuisance. In the future, this "Nyolai Zhensu" will be widely spread in India and Nanyang, and Buddhism will have another major sect in the future, and I plan to name it Nyolai Zhenzong. ”

This one...... Why did Emperor Taishang go crazy with Zhu Guowei?

Zhu Guoxiong and Pan Zuyin looked at each other, and they didn't know what to say.

"The Java Kingdom Guard will be ordained a monk and become the ancestor of the Nyorai True Sect, and his Dharma name is really like the Dharma King." Zhu Jishi only paused slightly. Immediately he went on to say, "Nalanda Temple will also be revived in the world." India, Bangladesh, Donghui, Java, Golden State, Ceylon, Chitta, Arakan and Tanah Salin will each build a Nalanda Temple. Among them, the Nalanda Temple in Java will become the main mountain of the Nyorai True Sect, and the rest of the Nalanda Temples will be the main mountain of the Nyorai True Sect. ”

"Total Benshan?" Zhu Guoxiong was stunned for a moment, and then he remembered that the "Benshan System" was the temple management system of the Kingdom of Japan and the New Kingdom of Japan, and each sect had a Benshan responsible for managing the temples under it.

"The Nyorai Shinshu will introduce the 'Benshan system', and the head of the Javanese Honzan is the head of a sect, and in addition to directly administering the Diocese of Java, he is also responsible for leading the entire sect. All of the 8 main mountains are subordinate to the main mountain, and each is responsible for a large diocese. Under the main mountain (total main mountain), this mountain is set up to be responsible for the diocese of a middle school, and under the main mountain is the last temple, which is responsible for a small parish. The entire Nyorai True Sect must obey the Javanese General Mountain, the lower temples must obey the higher temples, and the monks at all levels must look forward to the true Dharma king! ”

'Is this Buddhism or Narodya!?' Zhu Guoxiong muttered in his heart.

-- This is Narodnik-style Buddhism!

Zhu Jishi has a more thorough understanding of Buddhism's defeat of Hinduism and True God in sectarian struggles. Cumbersome religious rituals and scriptures, not conducive to the ruler's idea of equality, are not the most fatal weakness. The greatest weakness of Buddhism is actually disorganization and lack of discipline! Buddhism as a whole is a plate of loose sand. However, Buddhism's opponents are Eutheism, which has a caliphate, and Christianity, which has a pope and a patriarch, is relatively tightly organized. When a scattered Buddhism meets an organized and disciplined True God Religion, there are ghosts if they are undefeated.

If we want to use the Nyorai Zhenzong to compete with the True God Religion and Hinduism, then the Nyorai Zhenzong must have a strict organizational system and discipline -- the organizational principle of "the lower levels obey the superiors and the whole party obeys the central authorities" is a must! Only by turning the Nyorai Shinzong into a fighting machine like the National People's Opinion Party can we accomplish the two difficult tasks of confronting the True God Cult and spreading Chinese culture and Confucianism at the same time.

However, such an organized and powerful Buddhist sect was also a small threat to the Ming court and the royal courts of the Great Chinese states. In this regard, Zhu Jishi has already made arrangements.

"The first generation of His Holiness Zhenru will issue a decree that the Nyorai Zhenzong shall not open temples on the territory of the Great China Kingdoms, except in the areas under the jurisdiction of the four Great Yama Yama of Donghui, Jinzhou, Arakan and Tanah Salin. The Imperial Parliament of Greater China could also pass laws restricting religious activities. ”

The Rulai Zhenzong was a sect of Buddhism that assisted in the expansion of Greater China, and Zhu Jishi did not want this sect to develop too strong within the Great China Empire - a powerful religion, no matter what doctrine it preached, would become a prison that imprisoned the people's minds. Therefore, the ideal state of religion is to be large but not strong, just like the Protestant Christian denominations after the Western Reformation, although there are many believers, but they do not have the strong and tight organization of Roman Catholicism.

In fact, Confucianism in China, like Protestant Christianity in the West, has many people who believe in it, but there is no Confucian sect system that is independent of the imperial court -- if Confucianism in China is regarded as a religious sect, then its head is the emperor, the civil officials who are on the right path in the imperial examinations at all levels are high-ranking clergy, the scholars who do not have official status but have the reputation of lifting people and showing off their talents are middle- and lower-level clergy, and there are some private school gentlemen who have no merit and fame should be regarded as supernumerary clergy.

However, Confucianism did not really play the banner of religion, but appeared as a school. Thus Confucianism can be combined with other religions - except for the true God, which is extremely rejecting of dissent.

However, the Rulai Zhenzong that Zhu Jishi planned to promote in Nanyang and India will not only not reject Confucianism, but will also complement Confucianism -- governing the mind with Buddhism and governing people with Confucianism has always been the core of Zhu Jishi's policy of assimilating Nanyang. The reason why Buddhism and Confucianism are used together is actually related to the fact that the great principles of Confucianism do not have much attraction to the general public. Christ and the true God have heaven and hell, and Buddhism has rebirth in addition to heaven (Elysium) and hell -- these are all illusory benefits, like writing empty promises, and only God knows whether they can be cashed or not.

Confucianism, on the other hand, is to "cultivate this life", and what is sought is "the court is Tian Shelang, and the twilight ascends to the Tianzi Hall", and the "Tianzi Hall" is certainly not as big as heaven, and the Confucian elite that can accommodate it is really limited. Most of the Confucian scholars who studied the Confucian classics failed to even pass the examination in their lifetimes, and it was not easy to squeeze into the door of the gentry class as a showman. If it is a talent from a large family, he can make friends with Shilin and cultivate popularity, and then control the local profit tax to keep a wealthy family. But if you want to come from a small family, even if you win the show, you are poor.

Therefore, Confucianism's "missionary" ability cannot be compared with Christianity, true theology, and Buddhism. Otherwise, the land of the Central Plains would not have been repeatedly invaded by foreign religions. Therefore, Zhu Jishi knew that Confucianism could not be allowed to directly fight with the True God Religion and Hinduism, but could only use both Buddhism and Confucianism.

First of all, the Confucian principles are integrated into the Buddhist principles of the Nyorai True Sect. Therefore, the Buddhist principle in the "Nyolai Sutra" allows monks to marry and have children, and at the same time advocates that sons (other than the eldest son) and daughters who do not have the task of inheriting the family lineage should be allowed to become monks and serve the Buddha, opposing the only son becoming a monk, and also putting forward the theory that monks also need to fulfill filial piety.

Later, Zhu Jishi and Zhu Guowei also planned to recruit a group of Confucian monks, who understood both Buddhism and Confucianism, and used them as the core of the Nyorai True Sect. This is the key to promoting the true sect of Nyolai! Zhu Jishi's plan is eclectic and selects good materials. Because the Buddhism of the Rulai Zhenzong is simple, the senior monks do not have to abstain from sex and meat, and the treatment is good, and they can also honor their parents, in fact, there is no difference from being an official, and I think it can attract some "Confucian scholars" who don't care whether they have hair or not, and monks and nuns from other sects to join. However, what kind of people to choose and how to train them still need to be carefully considered.

After that, it was to rely on the temples of the Nyolai Zhenzong to open schools and academies to teach the "Nyolai Zhenjing", Confucian classics, and some natural science knowledge - in fact, this is a copy of the Christian church school, and the indigenous children of Nanyang and India were brainwashed with the Buddhism and Confucianism of the Nyolai Zhenzong, and at the same time, some practical learning was taught to facilitate the further study of the outstanding among them or to take up official positions.

After the opening of the temple school, of course, the imperial examination system was established with Confucianism as the mainstay, supplemented by Buddhism, and then practical learning, so as to select the elite among the indigenous children of Nanyang and India to serve as officials. Of course, a similar imperial examination will also be carried out among monks, so that low-level monks can be promoted to high-ranking monks. (To be continued.) )