But Zheng Lang's words had no effect.

If you let me stand, I will stand, and if you let me go, I will leave, and I can't be called if it sounds good, and you can't move me if it is not good. Yihai was about to get up and leave, but Chongxian still sat still, and said: "Master Zheng, when I left for Mingzhou, I found the book of Zhongyong written by you and read it specially. ”

"That's a Confucian book."

"Aren't you looking at the Buddhist scriptures and teachings now?"

"I can't see it."

"The poor monk is also unsightly."

Zheng Lang couldn't help laughing and said, "Okay, I'll listen to you." ”

actually gave him a chance.

"I saw eight words in your book, things can be stopped, overkill."

It's not quite right, Zheng Lang Zhongyong mainly writes about adjusting with the times according to the changes in different situations, but it is okay to say this again. This eight-character is replaced by one, which is called change. No matter what you do, there is a degree, for example, the Song Dynasty's control over the generals is called a loss of degree, after all, it is the era of cold weapons, and their rights are exploited completely, how can the generals play a role? This dooms the military to weakness.

Zheng Lang said: "Great monk, you are reasonable, if I don't know the degree, then what is written on this paper is not Fu Yi's eleventh article, but the joint Taoist will prolong and destroy the Buddha!" ”

The six characters were spit out, and the faces of several monks changed color again.

This is a great pain in the history of Buddhism.

Wu Zetian raised Buddhism, not Buddhism gave Wu Zetian's soldiers Qian Silk support, but the support of public opinion, advocating her as the emperor's legal surname for Wu Zetian. Then Buddhism is out of control, and the harm is serious. In fact, the harm of Buddhism in the Song Dynasty was also serious, the monks and nuns, the fields occupied, the number of households that fled, and the tax reductions and exemptions were more than half a cent compared with the peak of Buddhism in the Tang Dynasty, but the huge economy and population of the Song Dynasty made the harm of Buddhism in the Song Dynasty seem less serious.

Moreover, the Song Dynasty was more serious about redundant soldiers and redundant officials, and the harm of these three was dozens of times greater than that brought by monks and nuns, so in the study of Song history, many historical experts ignored this important issue.

This big sore is nothing on the Song Dynasty, but on the poor economy of the Tang Dynasty, the harm is immediate. Therefore, Li Qiao, Di Renjie, Xin Tino, Yao Chong, Li Shuming, and Han Yu have all written against Buddhism. It has been unsuccessful, until Tang Wuzong, invaded by Buddhism, had to issue an edict to say, in the Kyushu mountain plain, the two capitals, the monks said Guang, the Buddhist temple said Chong, labor and manpower in the work of the wood, take the benefit of the gold treasure ornament, the widow is in the teacher, violate the spouse between the precepts, the bad law harms people, there is no more than this, and a husband is not a field, there are those who suffer from their hunger, a woman does not silkworms, there are those who suffer from its cold, today the monks and nuns are innumerable, all are to be eaten by the peasants, to be clothed by silkworms, the temple is recruited, Mo Zhi Jiji, all are cloud structure algae ornaments, the official house, the Jin and Song Dynasty Liang Qi, the material resources are withered, customs and deception, all can't help but cause.

After the edict was issued, the Buddha was destroyed.

In fact, this history is not as above board as written in the edict, mainly because Emperor Wu of the Tang Dynasty Li Yan favored Taoism, and Zhao Guizhen recommended Taoist priests Deng Yuanqi and Liu Xuanjing to jointly attack Buddhism in front of Emperor Wu of the Tang Dynasty, which caused this incident of destroying Buddhism.

But it cannot be said that this edict has no effect.

It is not necessarily like the edict written that there is no husband and no land, there are those who suffer from hunger, one woman does not silkworm, and there are those who suffer from the cold, the society needs all kinds of people, and the role of the good surname of religion is to influence the people, promote good and eliminate evil. But there is also a degree, if 400,000 people and 500,000 people are monks and nuns, with the pitiful economic ability of the late Tang Dynasty, how can they bear it? Even if it is reform, it does not need so many people, and under the backward productive forces, it will inevitably have many far-reaching effects, such as the reduction of food production, taxes, labor, and so on.

In the second year of Huichang, Tang Wuzong ordered the monks and nuns to return the offenders and violators to the vulgar, confiscate the property, and charge the two taxes. In four years, the imperial decree demolished all the monasteries, Lanruo, and Buddhist halls with less than 200 houses in the world, and all the monks and nuns returned to the laity, that is, all the small and medium-sized monasteries, as well as some monasteries that dissatisfied the imperial court. In April of the fifth year, the ancestral hall inspected the monks and nuns of Buddhist temples in the world. In July, the two streets of the two capitals each stay in the temple two, each temple only to the monk 30 people, on the left street of Chang'an to stay in the temple of mercy, the temple of recommending blessings, the right street to stay in the Ximing Temple, the solemn temple, its festival and the observation of the envoy and with the Chinese merchants and other states, each stay in the temple two, divided into three classes, on the top of the twenty monks, ten in the middle, under the five people, the rest of the monks and nuns are all vulgar. All non-reserved temples were demolished, bronze statues and bells were destroyed and coinaged, iron statues were handed over to Honshu to be cast as agricultural tools, and gold, silver and precious stones were sold off. In August, it was announced that the world was demolishing 4,600 temples, returning more than 260,000 lay monks and nuns, collecting more than 40,000 tax households, demolishing more than 40,000 houses, collecting thousands of hectares of anointed land, and collecting 150,000 slaves and maids for two tax households.

This is still the result of the decline of the Tang Dynasty and the division of feudal towns. Otherwise, Buddhism will suffer a catastrophe this time. In this way, it was not until the late Song Zhenzong period that Buddhism gradually returned to the situation of the peak of Tianbao.

He said with difficulty: "Master Zheng, if Buddhism is like that, Taoism will inevitably produce new drawbacks. ”

It is very vague to say, this is like a large family, once it perished, many large families disappeared, and the new dynasty distributed the land, but after the new dynasty was established, there must be many powerful people. Therefore, when many husbands and wives quarrel among the people, the woman complains that her in-laws do not have a good father-in-law and are poor, which is precisely the reason. 's father is Li Gang, and it will be easier for him to take the throne, such as Han Yi's eight sons and Lu Yijian's four sons. No matter what religion it is, the people need religious beliefs, and the imperial court also needs religion to assist the political power in public opinion. Temples invade the fields, but Taoist temples do not invade the fields?

"Yes, if that's the case, then destroy Taoism and support other religions, anyway, Buddhism is a foreign religion, why can't we support the white hat Hui (Islam), the blue hat Hui (Judaism), and Zoroastrianism? Even if there are still sects in your Buddhism, distinguish them, designate several sects as evil sects, suppress the majority, and support the small sect, which can also achieve the result of destroying the Buddha in Wuchang. ”

"Donor, this is an exaggeration, when today's son is benevolent, he will never sit idly by and let you ...... Go this ......"

Your Majesty, I won't let you do anything wrong.

"Yes, if a person is good, he will be bullied, even the Son of Heaven, and someone will also bully him and beat his idea. When the country is benevolent, foreign countries will invade. If the official is benevolent, the people below will be insatiable, and the monk is also a human being, so the official changed the land and extorted it from the official. But I don't know if the Son of Heaven has lost this good temper after being bullied by you repeatedly? ”

Reappear and change color again.

In fact, it was this good emperor who suppressed the development of Buddhism, there were many reasons, Buddhism expanded, infringing on the interests of the scholar aristocratic group, influenced by Liu E, Zhao Zhen was very disgusted with his father's worship of the great god in his later years, and Buddhism has become a tumor of the country. So some control measures were later made, but because of Zhao Zhen's surname, although it was controlled to a certain extent, it was not resolute enough, and Buddhism still became one of the several major tumors in the Song Dynasty.

Not only the Song Dynasty, but also had a negative impact on the Khitan and Western Xia. Akuta rebelled with only a few thousand soldiers and quickly wiped out the Khitan, thanks to the contribution of Buddhism.

According to the theory of re-manifestation, there will always be religious harm, and even the country will eventually perish, but it is better to do it than not to do it well. No matter what the method, as long as it is a good surname, including the harm caused by Zhao Kuangyin's cup of wine and releasing military power, it has established the three-hundred-year foundation of the Song Dynasty, not like the five dynasties and ten kingdoms, the war is endless, and the people also get a precious period of health and rest.

Those who combine must be divided, and those who divide must be united, which is the trend of the times, but it is definitely better to do than not to do, this is Zheng Lang's view, and it is also the view of Confucianism.

Zheng Lang said again: "But you are also right, things can be stopped, can't be overdone, I have a degree in my heart, but if you want to just agree with my method of changing fields, it's impossible, don't I make people laugh?" In fact, since last year, when I asked Jizi to sing the White Snake, you should have a number in your hearts, why wait until today. But they actually invited you from Mingzhou, do you want to invite all the monks in the world, I'm not afraid, just come. The more I come, the more relaxed I will be. ”

As he spoke, he stroked the thick Buddhist scriptures and said, "I have nothing else to do but have a good memory." Although the time is short, I can remember many Buddhist scriptures, and the original meaning of Buddhism is to promote good and eliminate evil, and the original meaning of Mahayana is to universalize people, so the divine power of the Buddha is great compassion. I distinguish between good and evil, even if the world's eminent monks gather, I may not be unable to distinguish between them. Reappear Zen Master, don't say more, Chongyang will meet again. Come and see off someone. ”

If you don't leave, call out to the guards outside to forcibly ask you to leave.

I couldn't stay, so I walked out of the bamboo hut depressed again.

The monks outside came to inquire one after another, and Chongxian shook his head and said, "The old man has disappointed you. ”

He didn't come to challenge Zheng Lang, but to resolve it.

Chongyang Buddha Discernment Meeting, it was impossible for him to go, and he shook his head again and said: "If you want to agree to change fields, I'm afraid you won't be able to do good." ”

Zheng Lang meant that he finally heard it, there was still a degree, not really when the fish died and the net was broken, but this degree was also relaxing with the disappearance of time. If he wants to stop, more concessions must be made.

A monk said: "Distinguish it, he can't represent the court, I'm afraid!" ”

Yihai shook his head and said, "Otherwise, you may not be able to win." Not to mention anything else, I have been playing the piano all my life, and my piano skills dare not be said to be unparalleled in the world, and only a few people can beat me. But how many new songs have I composed in my life? This is only one place in this prefect's house, not only qin music, but also poetry and songs, calligraphy and painting, moral articles, and the study of things. If he uses all kinds of means to cross the lake at the Double Ninth Festival, you will lose without distinguishing. ”

Don't underestimate that he is alone, he also represents the court behind him, and he himself is also a pervert.

Hearing that Yihe crossed the lake, several monks were all overshadowed.

Although he knows that Zheng Lang is pretending to be a ghost, where is the evidence? Only by trying to break the law and break the secret can it be said that people are pretending to be gods and ghosts, otherwise they have great magical powers. Similar things have been done in Buddhism, and to the point where they know it all.

"Let's let it, he said that there is a degree, just according to his degree, the other side is the sea, and the back is also the shore." Yihai said again.

"Zen Master Yihai, then how can we make him satisfied, besides, there are so many monasteries......" A monk wanted to stop. Without Zheng Lang's actions, some Buddhist monks also opposed the unfillable actions of some monks in Buddhism. But there are many sects of Buddhism, and there is no unified management organization, you don't listen to me Zhang Da, I don't listen to you Wang Er, don't talk about the whole country, and the various Buddhist temples in Hangzhou can't manage and command. Even if I let it, I don't change the field, will it be okay to hand it over, I don't want usury, the right to do a good thing is not okay, but I have done it, other monasteries don't do it, do you bring a group of warrior monks to the door to beat them, so that they can be obedient?

Chongxian shook his head: "So the old man doesn't know what to do?" We didn't talk much just now, but the old man listened, his mastery of the Buddhist scriptures is no less than that of any of you and me, and I think about it carefully, he is discerning the actions of the unscrupulous disciples in Buddhism, even if you want to distinguish it, in the face of him, it is difficult to distinguish black from white. It's harder! Not only that, but I'm afraid that the court will ......"

It is impossible for Wuzong to destroy the Buddha, but if this matter alarms the imperial court, the status of Buddhism will inevitably decline seriously. sighed and said, "The old man is also obsessed, everyone, do it yourself." ”

Zheng Lang did not say it explicitly, but wisdom is like re-manifestation, how can you not know Zheng Lang's mentality, people are discerning all kinds of evil deeds of the unscrupulous children of Buddhism, how to distinguish and win, is it possible that the Buddha agreed to the disciples of Buddhism to invade the fields, usury, and even like a very small number of bad disciples, and the women of good families are annihilated, and forcibly occupy the property of the people?

After saying that, he left. went back to Mingzhou, the water in Hangzhou was too muddy, and he was very wise and couldn't go.

Yihai was also leaving, so he dragged a few big monks down.

Since Zheng Lang dares to pretend to be a ghost and blaspheme the Buddha, it is impossible to invite a monk to calm the scene, but Yihai has something to do with Zheng Lang, really speaking of Yihai is Zheng Lang's elder, he is a Confucian disciple, respects the teacher, respects the elders, but it is a necessary factor for Confucian disciples, and it may be useful to stay.

Yihai said: "I can't do anything, otherwise I won't let him kick me out." ”

"This is related to the great plan of Buddhism, and you can't sit idly by."

Several monks tried their best to persuade them.

Zheng Lang listened to the guard's report in the bamboo hut and smiled bitterly. But this is the real human affairs of the world, what is empty, and it cannot be taken seriously.

The Double Ninth Festival is gradually coming, and Hangzhou is also lively.

Not only the people of Buddhism, but also the people of Taoism, and more of them are the scholars of the surrounding state capitals, who are very curious, not only the deeds of having a lotus crossing the lake, but also the feat of Confucian disciples using Buddhist scriptures to distinguish Buddhist disciples. There is a possibility that this event will be recorded in history, so come and take a look.

Chongyang has not yet arrived, but the crowds of people coming from all over the city of Hangzhou already make people feel the impending tension......