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The grove quietly watched the Yuankong monk, at this moment Liu Tai and the Yuankong monk walked side by side in the grove, Nanhua Laoxian and Zheng Yuan and others followed Liu Tai not far behind to protect, although Liu Tai believed that the Yuankong monk would not hurt himself, but Liu Tai would not joke with his surname, as the saying goes, if it is not my race, its heart will be different!

Monk Yuankong can speak fluent Chinese, and his appearance is not much different from the Han people, if Liu Tai is not mistaken, there is still a small difference between the Indian Ah San and the Han people, so it is very likely that the Yuankong monk has half of the Han blood, in this era, due to the development of the Silk Road, the Han people and other races are not uncommon. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

In fact, there is a possibility, that is, the Han family women were given to some nobles of other countries by those big families in the form of gifts, although Tianzhu is far away, it is not impossible, goods, generally refers to some exchange items, but in this era, those gate lords will treat the people as people? Those homeless women, if they are taken captive by the big family, the situation is probably worse than some beasts, right?

Buying and selling human beings is no stranger to Liu Tai, even in northern Xinjiang, there is this kind of trade secretly, but when it is good, most of the people who buy and sell today are foreign people, such as the recently popular Japanese slaves, Sanhan slaves, and grassland slaves. It is worth mentioning that most of the subjects who were forced into slavery were women, and they were all young girls, and those young coolies did not seem to be liked by those families.

Liu Tai has thought about completely banning these transactions, after all, buying and selling human beings is too inhumane, and those who are bought and sold are some young girls, these girls are bought by some gate lords and aristocrats, and the fate can be imagined, although these girls almost do not exist Han people, but Liu Tai is always a little uneasy in his heart, but how easy is it to completely ban it?

With Liu Tai's identity, if it is forcibly forbidden by force, it can also work, but you must know that today's northern Xinjiang is maintaining a delicate balance, and the gate lord clan has retreated step by step and transformed into the identity of merchants, and some of these gate lord clans who have been transformed into merchants are not good at business, and selling slaves may be their only way to make money, if Liu Tai cuts off these financial routes, it will definitely cause a major earthquake of the gate lord clan!!

The topic is far away, and I come back to my senses for the time being. Liu Tai and Monk Yuankong walked quietly, and no one spoke first, as if the two sides were comparing their concentration, but how could it be that Liu Tai could compare with Monk Yuankong's concentration? So Liu Tai gave up very familiarly.

"Master, I don't know how the development of Buddhism is in the country of body poison (Tianzhu)?" Liu Tai vaguely remembered that although Tianzhu is the birthplace of Buddhism, Buddhism is not popular in Tianzhu, and because of the huge population base of Tianzhu, there are many religions, among which there is a religion called Brahmanism, which is very large, far better than Buddhism!!

Speaking of Brahmanism, then we can't help but introduce Brahmanism, after all, Brahmanism is the most powerful religion in Zhu today, and Buddhism is actually not worthy of Brahmanism, the gap between the two sides is not a sentence or two can be clear, because of the impression of Brahmanism, the development of Buddhism in Tianzhu can be described as difficult!

Brahmanism originated from Vedic religion in the 2nd millennium BC and is highly hierarchical, dividing people into 4 castes: Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, and Shudras. Brahmin: (highest rank) priest and scholar. Kshatriyas: Nobles and warriors. Vaishya; Farmers and merchants. Shudra: serfs and slaves.

The 6th century B.C. to the 4th century A.D. was the heyday of Brahmanism, and other religions can be said to be completely vassals of Brahmanism, even if they have a name, they cannot be called religions, such as Buddhism, which can only be called Buddhism in Tianzhu, which can be understood as a branch of Brahmanism.

Luo is innumerable, the door is the window of wisdom, the Buddha only occupies one door, and Brahmanism accounts for innumerable, literally you can see the difference between the two religions, but Buddhism and Brahmanism compared to one point, there is one thing to be proud of, that is, the emergence of Buddhism is a perfect strongman, never weaker than the huge Brahmanism, which makes those nobles in Tianzhu very helpless.

After the 4th century AD, Brahmanism began to weaken due to the rise of Buddhism and the vigorous development of Jainism, another Tianzhu religion. In the 8th and 9th centuries AD, Brahmanism absorbed some of the teachings of Buddhism and Jainism, combined with Indian folk beliefs, and gradually developed into Hinduism through business reforms.

There is no essential difference between Hinduism and Brahmanism, its teachings are basically the same, both believe in the three gods of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva, advocate good and evil retribution, life reincarnation, the form of reincarnation depends on the behavior of this life, only to achieve "Brahmanism and self-unity" can obtain liberation and achieve positive results. For this reason, Hinduism is also known as "Neo-Brahmanism" and pre-Brahmanism is called "Old Brahmanism".

It can be seen from this that although Brahmanism has been weakened for a period of time, it is still the bishop of Tianzhu country, and Buddhism and other religions have risen in Tianzhu for a period of time, but they are still not loved by the local people in Tianzhu, but there is a reason for this, Tianzhu is a large country with a large population, and it has been like this since ancient times, with a large population and a large food shortage.

However, the teachings of Buddhism advocate that the people let go of all desires, cut off the lust of men and women, everyone is equal, and serve the Buddha carefully. Hungry and waiting to die every day?

In Tianzhu country, the main development object of Buddhism is the lowest class of some people, generally not loved by those nobles, so that the situation of Buddhism in Tianzhu can be imagined, the development of Buddhism in the Ming Emperor period can appear great changes, but Buddhists are unwilling to modify the doctrine, flattering the aristocratic class of the Han regime at that time, so there is no Buddhist job in Middle Earth.

Hearing this, Yuankong stopped, his eyes looked at Liu Tai, the situation in Tianzhu's country, others may think that Liu Tai would not understand, but Yuankong monk didn't think so, after all, Liu Tai could ask this sentence, so it is conceivable that Liu Tai had already noticed Tianzhu!

"Back to Your Highness, the development of Buddhism in the country is not optimistic!" The Ming people don't say dark words in front of them, and the Yuankong monk knows very well that as the king of the northern frontier and the super overlord Liu Tai who is about to dominate the world, since he wants to talk to the Yuankong monk who represents Buddhism, it will definitely bring an important opportunity to Buddhism. And at this moment, this opportunity depends on whether the Yuankong monk can grasp it, if the Yuankong monk deliberately conceals something, then, is there still a need to talk about it?

"Oh??" A playful smile hung on the corner of Liu Tai's mouth, his eyes rolled, he looked into the distance, and said lightly: "Can the master tell the widow that since the country is poisoned and the development of Buddhism is not optimistic, why waste manpower and material resources in Middle-earth?" ”

In fact, Liu Tai didn't know the situation of Tianzhu at all, and the current Han Dynasty had not yet been unified, so he had the strength to waste his energy on Tianzhu Kingdom, which didn't know where it was? At least within ten years, it is impossible for the Han Dynasty to intersect with the Tianzhu Kingdom, even if it is empty, with Liu Tai's surname, he will first solve the Wadao, Goguryeo, Sanhan, Western Regions and other places, and when these territories are all owned by the Han people, then, Liu Tai's troops may turn to the foreign vassal states outside the Western Regions!

"Hey" bitter, I saw Monk Yuankong looking at Liu Tai with a bitter face, as if he didn't want to mention it, but Liu Tai asked, can Monk Yuankong not say it? Glancing around, the Yuankong monk saw a beautiful little bird perched on a big tree in the distance, the bird didn't know what kind of bird it was, and he was not afraid of the Yuankong monk's gaze, and he seemed to be dissatisfied with the Yuankong monk in that chatter.

The woods in summer still exude a strong breath of life, because it is located on the bank of the Yellow River, the land under the feet is a little damp, step on it, you can see a shallow footprint, Yuankong monk thought about it with emotion for dozens of breaths, sorted out the thoughts in his mind, and then turned to Liu Tai, talking about the situation in Tianzhu.

As Liu Tai expected, the situation of Buddhism in Tianzhu is not optimistic, and it is full of rejection of Brahmanism, it can be said that the reason why Buddhism can still be maintained is that the political system of Tianzhu at this time, that is, the secret support of the Satavahana Kingdom, ensured the temporary balance of religion in Tianzhu.

Although the Kingdom of Satavahana is the strongest country in Tianzhu, it is not the ruler of the entire Tianzhu, although there is a collective name for the Tianzhu Kingdom in history, but the territory has never been unified. Ever since the Kushan Empire invaded Tianzhu, the situation had gotten even worse.

At this time, most of the territory in the north of Tianzhu was occupied by the Kushan Empire, and the native country of Tianzhu could only survive in the south of Tianzhu, and the king of the Kingdom of Satavahana at that time was an extremely brutal monarch, under such a rule, the turbulent situation in Tianzhu can be imagined.

But in short, the biggest blow to Buddhism is Brahmanism, South India is the strongest region of Brahmanism, most of the power is in the hands of the Brahmanical high-level, Buddhism pays attention to quiet and inaction, power is one of the desires, those who claim to be high-level Buddhists, how can they touch power?

As a result, the Brahmanism that holds great power has repeatedly struck at Buddhism and other local religions in Tianzhu, resulting in Buddhism and other religions having to go out to find a way out, and the Middle Earth near Tianzhu has become the best choice for Buddhism.

In desperation, the Yuankong monk with half Han blood could only be ordered to come to Middle-earth with the heavy task of reviving Buddhism, but the Middle Earth regime has always not valued Buddhism, coupled with the double blow of Confucian scholars and Taoism, the situation of Buddhism is also very miserable.

"Although the poisonous country is close to the southwest corner of my Great Han, there is a Nanban tribe in the middle to intercept it, if it is not a familiar road, it is difficult to enter Middle-earth, I don't know how the master came?" Liu Tai frowned, and asked the Yuankong monk about the doubts in his heart. You know, the land of ten thousand poisons in the Southern Barbarians is not a false name, even the most elite dragon and tiger two groups in that place dare not enter easily, it can almost be said to be a place of death, if there is no Nanban natives to lead the way, even if the Yuankong monk Dharma Tongtian will have to play!

"In the land of ten thousand poisons in the Southern Barbarians, how dare a poor monk easily enter?" Looking at Liu Tai with a wry smile, the Yuankong monk acquiesced to the horror of the Southern Barbarians, and it was obvious that the Yuankong monk did not enter Middle-earth from the Southern Barbarians, only listened to the Yuankong monk continued: "Back to Your Highness, the poor monk entered Middle-earth from the Silk Road, although the overlord of the grassland, the Northern Xiongnu, occupied the entire Western Regions, and expropriated the people of the Western Regions, doing all kinds of evil, but he did nothing wrong with the passing caravans, as long as he handed over a certain amount of offerings, he could enter Middle-earth from the Silk Road, otherwise, it was not so easy for the poor monks to enter Middle-earth." ”

"En" this period of history Liu Tai knows, when the Northern Xinjiang declared war on the Northern Xiongnu, the senior members of the second group of the Dragon and Tiger rushed into the Western Regions without their lives, looking for all the favorable situations for the war situation, and made extraordinary contributions to the Northern Xinjiang's domination of the Northwest Prairie, and by the way, during the period when the Northern Xiongnu ruled the Western Regions, various political measures were also put on Liu Tai's table, in order to reduce some unnecessary troubles in the Northern Xinjiang to rule the Western Regions.

"The Buddhist Gate behind the master, hasn't he considered the empires of Kushan, Anxi, etc.? I heard that in the West, there is also a religion that is similar to the teachings of Buddhism, if Buddhism can make a big decision, maybe the West is an excellent choice for Buddhism. Glancing at the Yuankong monk lightly, Liu Tai looked a little light and said.

Liu Tai has always had a plan, that is, to drive Buddhism to Europe and even Africa! Buddhism advocates transcendence and saves the people from fire and water, so the war-ridden European continent and the African continent are not the best places for Buddhism to develop? Of course, it needs to be pushed by the northern frontier with great efforts, otherwise, when the missionaries of Buddhism go to Europe, even if they are not played to death by the local nobles, they will be beaten to death by Catholics!

"The West?" Monk Yuankong frowned, watching Liu Tai's eyes flash a different color. Advocating peace and desireless Buddhism, naturally the most like to develop in a stable and prosperous country, although the situation of the Han Dynasty in recent years is not good, full of war and military service, but the Han Dynasty's 400 years of unified system has made Buddhism extremely loved, Buddhism high-level believe that as long as there is an opportunity, then Buddhism can definitely develop in Middle-earth!

The West is completely a barbarian land in the eyes of the Yuankong monks! Why? Because when the Yuankong monk entered Middle-earth through thousands of mountains and rivers, he also had a company with Westerners, and the Yuankong monk still clearly remembered how those Westerners were bloody and hungry with raw food, and that terrifying scene made the Yuankong monk who cultivated to be extremely profound dare not "miss" again.

"Your Highness, is it true that the Buddha Sect cannot be accepted by His Highness?" Monk Yuankong's eyes shone with a longing light, and he looked at Liu Tai. At this moment, Liu Tai was convinced that it was not impossible to ask the Yuankong monk to be his bodyguard, of course, the premise was to allow Buddhism to develop in Middle-earth.

"Middle-earth is not suitable for Buddhism!" Ruthless, Liu Tai looked at Monk Yuankong with a hard face, and said out loud without the slightest doubt. Liu Tai was born in the 21st century, when information technology was extremely advanced, and he naturally knew the advantages and disadvantages that the development of Buddhism in China for thousands of years had brought to China.

The patriarch of Buddhism advocates no desire and no desire, but as a person, how can there be no desire and no desire? If there is really no desire, then why do the top leaders of Buddhism do everything possible to carry forward Buddhism? Isn't that just a desire? Or is it that only the state officials are allowed to set fires, and the people are not allowed to light lamps? If this is the case, then what are the teachings of Buddhism?

What disgusted Liu Tai the most was not the doctrine, but the special treatment that Buddhism received, that is, to completely exempt all harsh donations and miscellaneous items, as long as there is a Buddhist identity, then all taxes can be exempted, this article is good to say in the period when Buddhism is not popular with the people, but once Buddhism takes root in Middle Earth, then how many people will enter Buddhism due to various disasters?

Even if Liu Tai has the power of life and death, but after all, Liu Tai is a human being, as a person, life is naturally limited, even if Liu Tai does not allow Buddhism to have any special treatment in his life, curbing the development of Buddhism, but the question is what about the emperor after Liu Tai? You must know that Buddhism's methods to bewitch kings and magnates are one set in one, but they are not perfect yet!

"If Buddhism wants to develop in Middle-earth, then the doctrine must be changed, in fact, from the perspective of the widow, the master and the Buddhist monks in the country are obsessed with Middle-earth, which is an obsession, if so, the six pure words are not empty words?" Liu Tai looked at Monk Yuankong, but it was not the one who provoked Buddhism, but Liu Tai was also out of a vulgar mind, otherwise, he would not have wasted time and Yuankong Monk nonsense.

"Huh??" Monk Yuankong frowned, a little puzzled, the Buddha has a good habit, that is, if you don't understand, ask for advice, and the Yuankong monk is naturally the same, I saw that the Yuankong monk bowed his hand to Liu Tai and made a Buddhist salute, and asked: "The poor monk feels that His Highness understands the teachings of Buddhism, I don't know if His Highness can solve the confusion of the poor monk?" ”

Liu Tai bowed slightly to the Yuankong monk, then turned his head to look at the faintly visible mountain in the distance and said: "Master, the widow once heard a master say that at the beginning of Zen meditation, the mountain is the mountain, and the water is the water; When Zen is enlightened, the mountain is not a mountain, and the water is not water; Enlightenment in Zen, looking at the mountains is still the mountains, and looking at the water is still water. ”

"The western land is like a mountain, you see it is a mountain, that is a mountain, but if you think that it is not a mountain, then it is not a mountain, even so, although the Western people have drawbacks, they can Buddhism fearless teachings, the master should eliminate external difficulties, in order to achieve positive results!" This passage comes from the Zen master Qingyuan Xingsi, Liu Tai is just saying it, in fact, Liu Tai himself doesn't understand it very well.

"This?" Monk Yuankong's expression was a little dazed, and his gaze looking at Liu Tai was full of strange colors, not only Monk Yuankong, even Zheng Yuan and Nanhua Daoren, who were more than ten steps away from Liu Tai and the others, were stunned, as if they were thinking, thinking about the deep meaning of Liu Tai's words.

(To be continued)