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Chapter 6 Treating the symptoms is better than treating the root cause

Wei Zheng wanted to destroy the Buddha, but he had no selfish intentions, just personal opinions. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 In his opinion, many things in Buddhism are illusory, especially the so-called reincarnation theory, which is nonsense, and every word is an argument that deceives the people. It belongs to the scope of the evil devil's crooked path, and for this evil demon's crooked path, it should be killed completely.

He said unceremoniously: "Your Majesty, Buddhist theories are all nonsense to deceive the people...... It instigates the world to cut off the seven emotions and six desires, and the four are empty, but it is really ridiculous. The minister has a friend...... No, the minister has already cut off his robe and righteousness, and he is not qualified to be my friend of Wei Zheng. This person was a scholar in his early years, and his literary talents were flying, and he was one of the best talents in the local area, and his family looked to him for glory and glory. His mother worked day and night to provide for his education, and his wife worked in the fields to support her livelihood, hoping that her husband would be able to go to high school. But when her husband went to Beijing to catch the exam, he slept in the temple, was deceived by the monks, gave up everything, became a monk, and abandoned everything. As a result, the old man heard the news and died of anger at home. That bastard, he didn't even pay attention to it. His wife, with her child under the age of one, begged along the street and went to the temple to see her. The husband still avoided it, and kept saying that he would cut off all love and be willing to serve the Buddha for life. What is the point of such an act with animals? ”

Wei Zheng was heartbroken, it was not that he made it up, but that he had it. The husband was a good friend of his fellow villagers, and when he heard the news, he immediately broke off his friendship with him, and at the same time asked his wife and children to send living allowances.

Wei Zheng kept this matter in mind, and he was extremely disgusted with Buddhism because of it.

In his opinion, the theory of Buddhism has made a person abandon the human ethics of filial piety and righteousness, and be like an animal.

Now he saw that the monks used the people's hard-earned money to do extravagance, which made the disgust in his heart even worse, and said solemnly: "The Buddhist doctrine should not be demagogic, and it occupies countless resources and affects the development of the country. Wechen proposed to destroy all the Buddha statues, reclaim all the fields, and let all the monks return to the laity. Buddha statues melt and mint money to relieve economic pressure; The fields were distributed to the people, to appease the people, and to increase grain production; As for returning lay monks, whether they are farming or business, they can contribute to my Datang anyway, which is better than being a monk. ”

Wei Zheng's heart kept talking, his eyes did not beat, and he seemed to say another trivial matter. But the three things he said in his mouth can undoubtedly push Buddhism to death, and it is difficult to turn it over.

Li Shimin glanced at Wei Zheng, knowing that his mirror had been ruthless, and he also followed the change, Datang was about to usher in the conquest of Xue Yantuo, and it was a little tight in terms of financial resources, if all the Buddha statues in Datang were melted, it would increase a lot of income for the country.

As for the rest of the reclaimed fields, it is also beneficial for the country to let the monks return to the laity.

It's just that such a large-scale extermination of Buddha will not bring turmoil to the country.

This is the first thing to consider as an emperor.

Li Shimin glanced at Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui, who didn't speak much, and planned to ask for the opinions of his right-hand men.

Both of them didn't know much about Buddhism, and they couldn't give a reasonable opinion.

But Du Ruhui said inexplicably: "How can culture be extinguished if it is said to be extinguished?" ”

At this moment, the news came from outside the hall that Du He asked to see him.

Li Shimin's spirit was shocked, and let people declare Du He into the hall. They didn't know the details, they just discussed it based on the information that came in. In the end, he still planned to listen to Du He's dictation and understand the most real situation before deciding.

Du He was outside the hall, and he happened to hear Wei Zheng's three things, and he was secretly speechless, he didn't think that Wei Zheng was really ruthless. His three reasons are not unpleasant, and Du He has an urge to applaud the case. But then he listened to his father's words and frowned. He knew that his father's strategy might not be as good as Fang Xuanling's, but his overall view and foresight were few people could match. He will not speak rashly, and when he does, it must be the most appropriate answer.

The word "cut off" is by no means in vain.

After pondering it carefully, it took a while before I suddenly understood what Du Ruhui meant, and admired my father's vicious eyes in my heart, and made a decision.

Summoned to the throne, Duhe strode into the temple.

Under Li Shimin's inquiry, Du He told the cause and effect one by one. On the issue of Li Chengqian, Du He almost ignored it, and occasionally touched on it, and he also mentioned it in one sentence. Li Shimin treats him well, and Du He doesn't intend to talk about his son's shortcomings in front of everyone.

But knowing that a son is better than a father, Du He certainly didn't mention it, but how shrewd Li Shimin was, how could he not see the problem in this detail? His face was also slightly sad: as a parent, there is no one who does not have the highest expectations for his children. Even if he knows Li Chengqian's personality, deep in his heart, he still inevitably has a trace of expectation, hoping that the child can change.

However, Li Chengqian's performance undoubtedly confirms an old saying, the nature of the country is easy to change, and the greater the expectation, the greater the disappointment.

The Manchu Dynasty Wenwu only knew about the extravagance of the monks of Hongfu Temple, and did not know about the experience of solving the case that happened later. Du He also took the opportunity to tell everyone about adultery, murder and the process of solving the case.

Wei Zheng, Chu Suiliang and other upright Confucian ministers were even more indignant when they heard this.

This time, even Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and others also came to the real fire.

Wei Zheng once again emphasized his policy of exterminating Buddhism, and his rhetoric was convincing.

Xiao Yu's group has nothing to say, it's not that their mouths are not sharp enough, but that they are bastards who admit words, ruining all the ways out, leaving them speechless. Especially Xiao Yu, who was even more ashamed and wanted to find a hole to drill down and hide. He has not forgotten that Nayan was invited to Chang'an by him at the beginning, and his current status is closely related to his trust and importance. This personally created a prostitute monk and a scourge for the Tang Dynasty, where does he still have the face to refute.

"Xiao Du Aiqing has personally experienced this, what is your opinion?" As a qualified emperor, Li Shimin naturally knew that he could not make a decision at will, and it was the most correct choice to gather what everyone saw.

"The minister has a different opinion...... Du He raised his head and said in a deep voice: "I think Wei Xiang's opinions and suggestions are somewhat unrealistic, and the Buddhist family cannot be destroyed...... It is impossible to extinguish it. ”

Today's events arose because of Duhe.

The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty thought that Du He would be biased towards Wei Zheng and adopt an attitude of destroying Buddha, but they didn't expect him to say something similar to Du Ruhui.

"Why is that?" Li Shimin was a little displeased, as a self-respecting emperor, he really didn't believe that he couldn't destroy a foreign sect.

"In fact, before exposing Nayan, the minister met a true monk, his name is Hongren, and he is a monk who really has profound Buddhism...... His words and deeds are admirable. Du He said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, do you know why Qin Shi Huang couldn't destroy the hundred schools of thought?" The first emperor has done everything to the end of the book-burning pit Confucianism, but he has never been able to restrict the development and spread of culture. Because at the same time as the first emperor burned books and pit Confucianism, there were countless fighters in the world who dared to disobey orders and were not afraid of life and death, they hid the books, recorded the knowledge in their minds, handed it over to future generations, and passed it on to future generations. In the face of this group of people, no matter how powerful the first emperor is, he can't destroy knowledge and culture. The same is true of Buddhism, it is true that it is extremely hateful, but as long as there is a true monk like Hongren, it is impossible for Buddhism to perish. There have been many incidents of Buddha extermination in history, but without exception, they have all failed. It's not that those in power aren't strict enough, it's because there are some people who are truly worthy of admiration and emulation. His Majesty is indeed able to destroy the Buddha statues and temples, reclaim all the temple fields, and even force the monks to return to the laity, but he cannot change the Buddhahood of people like Hongnin, whose existence will affect many people. Therefore, the law can bring Buddhism to a low point, but it cannot exterminate them. ”

Wei Zheng did not argue with reason this time, but was thinking, he had rich experience, and he also knew that there had indeed been two incidents of destroying Buddha in history. Emperor Taiwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty destroyed the Buddha and Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty destroyed the Buddha, both emperors adopted quite harsh measures at that time, but without exception, the Buddhism family was finally like a small grass, and the spring breeze blew and reborn, which could not be broken.

"However......" Du He's voice changed, and his face was full of sternness: "There is no doubt that there is no reasonable and effective management method for the Buddhist family. The reason for today's situation is not strange in the bottom of the minister's heart, and it can even be said to be expected. To put it mildly, today is an incident, and it is completely spoiled by an unreasonable system. ”

Li Shimin's face was a little unbearable, Du He's words pointed out that the system of the Tang Dynasty was not good and not in place, and he said ugly: "How can you say this?" ”

Du He smiled faintly and asked rhetorically: "That minister asked, can the imperial court have obvious control over the temple?" How are taxes calculated? ”

"This ......" Li Shimin couldn't say, it has been like this since ancient times, the emperors of all dynasties had an attitude of believing in the ethereal gods and Buddhas rather than believing in them, and almost no dynasty was a system that took money from the hands of the gods and Buddhas.

Du He said: "It is precisely because of this laissez-faire and loose control that it has led to the extravagance of monks." There is a saying that 'full of warmth gives birth to lust, and hunger and cold make a thief', monks do not have to pay taxes, and they have hundreds of people on hand to spend the money of sesame oil. This extravagance naturally arises. Your Majesty...... Today's incident is not the fault of the Buddhists, but the false monks like Nayan, who are deceiving the world under the guise of the Buddhists. The minister thought that what we had to do was not to destroy the Buddha, but to destroy that group of false monks, pseudo-monks. ”

Li Shimin was a little disagreeable, but he also had to admit that Du He's words were reasonable.

Wei Zheng looked at Du He with burning eyes and said, "Then with the opinion of Lord Xiao Du, how should this problem be handled......

On the way here, Du He had been thinking about this problem, and when he saw Wei Zheng asking, he said with a smile: "Didn't Lord Wei hear that Xia Yu was controlling the water, and it was better to block it than to sparse it?" It's better to treat the symptoms than to cure the root cause......"