Chapter 36 Descending to the Monk I
Zong Zhen can also see that in today's situation, it is extremely difficult for him to bargain, if he still wants to take back the field, he will even fold it himself. Now we can only retreat to the second, it is serious to fish people out first, as for this field, the establishment of a written contract here can only be regarded as the first step, and there must be a confirmation in the yamen before the official completion of the formalities. I had to think of a way to see how to suppress things from the yamen.
Although there are as many as 100 monks in Chengfu Temple, it is also a big deal to be arrested by the yamen for four or five in one go. How do you know that Yang Chengzu sneered: "Someone? I'm afraid this is a bit troublesome, go back to the yamen, and find a county dignitary. But whether it can come out or not, that's two to say. ”
"Yang Baizai, what do you mean by this? Even though my junior disciples were offensive, there was no great evil, and within the monk's gate, there was its own precept institute to maintain the rules, and what was the reason for them to be sent to the government? Have they violated any royal law? ”
Yang Chengzu said: "Even if you are right, several of your junior disciples, including you, have all violated the royal law. If you are obsessed, it doesn't matter if I lock up one more monk today. Let me ask you, did you say that Iron Maiden and Mrs. Miao have wisdom roots, and they want to take them to Wuzhu'an to become nuns? ”
Shangzong really didn't have any denial in this matter, and besides, he didn't think it was necessary to deny it, so he nodded and said, "Yes, the poor monk said this." The two of them have a relationship with Buddhism, but this rolling red dust has blinded their eyes, so that they do not distinguish between right and wrong, do not know likes and dislikes, and should be brought to the nunnery to chant day and night, and realize the right path as soon as possible, in order to get rid of the suffering of reincarnation, this is a great good deed, how did it become evil, let alone violate the law. ”
Yang Chengzu snorted, "Don't break the law? Take a lamp grass to say lightly, Grandpa Hongwu once issued a clear edict: If a private woman is under the age of forty, she is not allowed to be a nun crown. Which of these two is over forty? Or do you monks add up the ages of the two together? Do you still dare to say that you have not violated the laws of the Ming Dynasty, and you dare to love Grandpa Hongwu's words, can you be a deaf ear? ”
This is Tao Zhongwen's idea to help Yang Chengzu after listening to this matter yesterday, he is a clerk, and he is the most proficient in these rules, which is much stronger than Yang Chengzu.
In the current Ming Dynasty, the Ming Law is written out for people to see, not for people to abide by, if everything is according to the Ming Law, then people will not be able to live. Especially in the judicial system of the Ming Dynasty, it was also said that the Spring and Autumn Period was sentenced, that is, the Spring and Autumn Period righteousness, and even the remarks of Confucius and Mencius, Zhu Xi and other saints were used to replace the law as the standard for judging cases.
For example, if someone says, 'This man insulted his father with words,' and I, as the son of man, could not bear this humiliation, so I killed him. In the Ming Dynasty, if the presiding judge had the intention to exonerate, he might use filial piety to oppose the law, and finally exempt this person from the death penalty.
This is also a tacit understanding of civil officials, because only the literati can explain this kind of scripture and meaning, and their holding of this power is equivalent to indirectly holding the judiciary, and allowing their authority to expand infinitely in practice. Therefore, in some works, it is actually difficult to happen that the protagonists of the crossing are eloquent in the court with a copy of the Ming Law, and finally help people win the lawsuit. As long as the magistrate is shocked and doesn't recognize the Da Ming law at all, what can you do?
It is precisely because of this atmosphere that not many people study the Da Ming Law seriously, let alone Hong Wuye's words? But the problem is that the characteristic of the Ming Dynasty is that Hong Wuye's words can be used as law, which can be seen in the Ming Dynasty.
Due to the particularity of the times, those words may not be applicable in the fourteenth year of Zhengde, and everyone does not pay attention to those words in the actual justice, but no one will take the initiative to put forward those words and eliminate them. In other words, those outdated laws will always exist as rules, just depending on whether you use them or not.
Like Yang Chengzu, don't look at it as Jinyiwei, but he can't even remember the law of Da Ming, and he can't figure out this kind of regulation. But Tao Zhongwen is worthy of being an old official, and now he is bent on seeking immortals, and when he enters the Daomen, he has not fallen behind in the old business of the year, and he immediately found this loophole. Zongzhen is a cultural monk, and he is also an expert in debating scriptures on weekdays, and he always wins the championship in the monks' debates held in the temple, but he doesn't know this Hongwu Sermon, and he was speechless when asked.
No matter how bold you are, you can't say that the Sermon on Hung Wu is not a law, so you don't need to follow it. In fact, the words of the emperor are far more effective than written law. He had to desperately defend himself: "Baizai is angry, I really don't know about this matter, and the so-called ignorant is not guilty......
"You're wrong again." Yang Chengzu didn't plan to let him go so easily, "Back then, the White Lotus Demon Sect advocated chaos in Shandong, and after the defeat, most of the demons subdued the law. However, there are a few fish that have slipped through the net, and they are hiding in the jungle of the ten directions, and continue to do the deeds of plotting great rebellion. Grandpa Yongle once ordered to search for nuns in Beizhi and Shandong provinces in order to find bandits. It can be seen that in this nunnery, there is no pure place, and if Wuzhu Nunnery can accept the Iron Maiden, it can accept other women. According to this official, the problem of this Wuzhu Nunnery is not small, and the Chengfu Temple that is looking for the door for the Wuzhu Nunnery is also a big problem, maybe there is some collusion with Bailian to oppose the party. This official invited the official to investigate carefully, so as not to get rid of a few demons and harm the Ming court. ”
He is talking about the old story of Yongle Nian's pursuit of Tang Sai'er, the mother of the White Lotus Buddha, and legend has it that after Tang Sai'er failed to raise an army that year, he hid among the nuns. So the Ming Dynasty searched for nuns in Beizhi and Shandong provinces, and took more than 10,000 people before and after, and married most of them, but still failed to capture Tang Sai'er's traces.
The White Lotus Sect has always been the focus of the Ming Dynasty, and if it is stained with the edge of the White Lotus, it will shed its skin if it does not die. Yang Chengzu deliberately implicated this matter in the White Lotus Sect, in the words of later generations, it was infinite, Zong Zhen's face was suddenly frightened, and his legs trembled a little.
He has an old relationship with Wuzhuan, so he naturally knows what kind of place it is, and that place can't afford to check it. Although it has nothing to do with the White Lotus Sect, if it is investigated, I am afraid that it will really have to cut off dozens of heads before it can be ended. These 30 acres of Buddha fields have now become insignificant, and Wuzhu Nunnery is the cover that must be covered.
Rao is that he has always been wise, but at this time he has already messed up, just to cover the Wuzhu Nunnery, and other things are easy to say. Ignoring the presence of others in front of him, he lifted his monk's robe and knelt down and said, "Master Yang raised his noble hand and spared my life as a monk." The poor monk of these thirty acres of land is in charge, and there will definitely be no more disputes, if there are still people who come to Luo, Baizai will take me away, cut off my head with the flail, and let it fall. In Wuzhu Nunnery, there is just a group of poor female nuns, the poor monk has been guaranteed with his life, there is absolutely no white lotus thief, and he hopes for the grace of Baizai. ”