After all, the matter of trade with Western Rome could not be concealed from Eastern Rome, of course, Liaodong did not deliberately hide it, and Eastern Rome learned that Liaodong did not sell weapons and equipment to Western Rome, so they acquiesced in the normal trade between Liaodong and Western Rome. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The only change was that the Eastern Romans demanded an increase in the size of the arms trade between the two sides, and there were signs that Licinius seemed to be hurrying to prepare for war, and that a Roman civil war might break out in the near future.

In fact, Wei Shuo's willingness to support Eastern Rome naturally hoped to keep Rome divided and seek benefits for China in the future.

On this day, Wei Shuo had a rare leisure time after handling government affairs, and he remembered that he had not been on the street for many days to observe the people's situation, so he took Mo Han and Huangfu Zhen, and under the protection of Chen An, he left the political hall and came all the way to the street.

"Is there anything new in Jicheng lately?" Wei Shuo asked Huangfu Zhen and Mo Han beside him as he walked.

Huangfu Zhen and Mo Han glanced at each other, and Huangfu Zhen smiled and said: "Back to the lord, recently, there is a great monk who preaches Buddhism in Jicheng, attracting many people to watch. ”

"Oh? Great Virtuous Monk? Promoting Buddhism? ”

Wei Shuo was obviously stunned for a moment when he heard this, although Liaodong did not explicitly prohibit the spread of religions other than exposition in Liaodong, but most people were not stupid, they all knew that exposition was supported and developed by Da Sima.

This has obviously created a situation in which the exposition of religion is dominant in Liaodong, and it is extremely difficult for both traditional Taoism and foreign Buddhism to survive in Liaodong. Among them, most of the traditional Taoism has been adopted by the exposition of the religion for their own use, and only a few people who have firm beliefs still choose to stick to the original mountain gate.

In order to restore the decline of Buddhism in Liaodong, a large number of Buddhist monks gathered in Jicheng from all over China, trying to achieve the purpose of promoting Buddhism by showing the wonders of Buddhism to Liaodong people.

"Do you know where the great monk came from?" Wei Shuo felt that there was nothing to do at the moment anyway, so it was better to go and see the senior monk's teachings.

"It is said that it is a high monk from the Western Regions, named Buddha Tucheng, who originally preached in the Central Plains, and only recently went north to Jicheng. Hey? The lord is also interested in those monks? ”

Huangfu was really full of surprise, he didn't expect Wei Shuo to suddenly become interested. You must know that those great virtuous monks who come to Jicheng are very miserable, and often after a Dharma lecture, there are few people who listen carefully, let alone influential people who participate.

If a religion does not have the support of the top and expands its influence on its own, the effect will not be too obvious. At present, the high-level leaders of Liaodong are all believers in expounding Buddhism, so naturally they will not be interested in Buddhism.

"What do you mean I'm interested in monks?"

Wei Shuo glanced at Huangfu Zhen with disgust, and always felt that there was ambiguity in the other party's words, and he explained: "You must know that at present, the exposition of religion is dominated by the Liaodong family, and in order not to encourage it to develop a self-respecting mentality, and at the same time, in order to strengthen internal competition, it is necessary to appropriately support the development of other religions. ”

"Of course, the dominant position of exposition in Liaodong will not change, and the introduction of Buddhism is only to promote the better development of exposition!"

So at Wei Shuo's insistence, everyone went straight to the place where the great monks preached Buddhism - that is, Fahua Temple.

Along the way, Wei Shuo found that there were few people, which shows how much Buddhism was suppressed by the exposition of Buddhism in Liaodong.

Wei Shuo and his entourage were numerous, and they were accompanied by heavily armed guards, and the discerning person knew at a glance that the identity of the person who came was not simple.

Buddha Tucheng, who was preaching Buddhism in the temple, suddenly opened his eyes and said to Master Zhiyuan, the abbot of Fahua Temple beside him: "There is a distinguished guest coming to the door today, and the lecture ends here. ”

For the Buddha Tucheng's 'prophecy' has a distinguished guest coming to the door, Master Zhiyuan does not have a trace of doubt, knowing that the other party is not only superb in Buddhism, but also amazing in supernatural powers, in fact, the monks of Fahua Temple have already appreciated the magic of Master Buddha Tucheng many times.

"Abbot, why don't you come with me to greet your guests?"

Saying that, Buddha Tucheng didn't wait for Master Zhiyuan to refuse, so he got up and walked towards the gate. Master Zhiyuan did not dare to slack off, and immediately led the monks in the temple to follow.

It wasn't until Master Zhiyuan came to the gate of the mountain that he found that the 'distinguished guest' mentioned by Buddha Tucheng was actually the Great Sima himself, who did not dare to slack off and hurriedly led dozens of monks to greet him, and put his hands together and said: "Zhiyuan welcomes the Great Sima Venerable!" ”

Wei Shuo returned the salute with a smile, except for a few people who deceived his name and stole the world, he had respect for the real great monks, otherwise he would not have heard the name of Buddha Tucheng and couldn't wait to come to visit.

Buddha Tucheng is a famous man in history, lived for more than 100 years, and is deeply respected by Buddhists throughout the ages, and has the reputation of "divine monk"!

Fo Tucheng was a native of the Western Regions, at the age of nine in the country of Wuchang (in present-day Pakistan), to preach for the east, he traveled long distances to Dunhuang, the "holy land" of Buddhism in the Han region, and lived in the temple for many years.

In the fourth year of Emperor Yongjia of Jin Huai (310 AD), the 79-year-old Buddha Tucheng came to Luoyang, and after 4 years of seclusion, he began the most "brilliant" period of his life at the age of 83, and through his efforts, he completely changed the status of Buddhism in the north.

Buddha Tucheng used his 'supernatural powers' to win the reuse of Shi Le and Shi Hu, and by virtue of this relationship, Buddhism was worshiped by the supreme ruler as a true faith for the first time in Chinese history, and rose to the "state religion".

Buddha Tucheng built as many as 893 Buddhist temples and received thousands of disciples, many of whom made "great contributions" to the development of Buddhism in China, and their influence was unprecedented.

Historically, although Buddhism was introduced to China during the reign of Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty, it was only circulated among the people, and because the government "only allowed Hu people to build temples, and Han people were not allowed to become monks", Buddhism did not have much influence.

It was not until after the arrival of Buddha Tucheng that he took on the important task of preaching Buddhism at the age of eighty-three, which completely changed the embarrassing situation of Buddhism. Because it coincided with the rebellion in the Central Plains at that time, Buddha Tucheng chose Shile with a superb vision, and then with the support of Shile, Buddhism suddenly became the largest religious force in Kahu.

Originally, Buddha Tucheng was very pleased to see that Buddhism was becoming more and more prosperous in the Central Plains. However, with the rise of Liaodong and the strength of the teachings, he soon realized that the prosperity of Buddhism in the Central Plains was only a flash in the pan. In the future, as the Liaodong army moves south, Buddhism will surely be defeated with the fall of the Liaohu.

As soon as the Battle of Qingzhou ended, when Fo Tucheng saw that Shihu's 80,000 army was defeated at the hands of several young generals in Liaodong, he saw that Liaodong's strength far surpassed that of Qianhu. For the sake of the great cause of Buddhism in the future, Buddha Tucheng had to abandon the Central Plains, which had been in business for several years, and resolutely chose to go north to promote Buddhism despite his advanced age.

Drawing on the successful experience of missionary work in the Central Plains, Fotucheng set his sights on Wei Shuo from the beginning. Don't look at the fact that he sits in the Fahua Temple these days and preaches the Dharma, in fact, he has always hoped to attract Wei Shuo's attention.

Which Cheng thought that Wei Shuo had been hiding in the political hall to discuss political affairs with his subordinates, and only today did he find time to relax.

Wei Shuo observed the surrounding environment while walking, and found that many places in the Fahua Temple were dilapidated, perhaps because the incense was not prosperous, resulting in insufficient funds in the temple, so there was no money for renovation.

"Sure enough, it is a pure land of Buddhism, solemn and solemn!"

Master Zhiyuan echoed Wei Shuo and introduced him to the many monks in the temple.

Wei Shuo met with everyone one by one, giving everyone enough face on the surface, and at the same time, he also deliberately looked at Buddha Tucheng. At a glance, I found that the other party was indeed worthy of being a Buddhist monk, and Zhou's body was full of energy, which made people feel good.

"I didn't expect so many monks to gather in Fahua Temple today, it's really a rare Buddhist event!" Wei Shuo sighed infinitely.

At this time, Buddha Tucheng took advantage of the situation to come out of the crowd, and replied with sincerity: "This is all relying on the power of the Great Sima, if it weren't for the Great Sima to calm the four seas and have the heart to govern the place, where would I have the opportunity to gather here to promote Buddhism." ”

Wei Shuo turned to look at Buddha Tucheng, and asked with a smile on his face: "Presumably this is Master Buddha Tucheng, a high-ranking monk from the Western Regions?" Master Jiuwen has always been a missionary in the Central Plains, but he didn't expect to meet here today, but he was very fortunate. ”

"The poor monk has also heard of the fame of the Great Sima for a long time, and he was eager to see it as early as the Central Plains, but he has not been able to travel far because of the mundane things."

"This time, I was invited by Master Zhiyuan to go north to teach the Fa, and I hope that Da Sima will give it convenience."

"Hahaha, the master is polite, Liaodong is a place where rules are taught, even if you teach the Fa safely in the Fahua Temple, no one will come to disturb you!"

The surrounding monks saw Master Buddha Tucheng and Da Sima Weishuo talking and laughing, and couldn't help but secretly rejoice, Buddhism has not appeared for a long time a great monk who is popular with the high-level of Liaodong. As long as Master Buddha Tucheng can continue to maintain the friendly relationship between the Lord and the Great Sima, Buddhism in Liaodong will have a great future in the future, even if it cannot catch up with the teachings. (To be continued.) )