Near the famous ancient city of Tianzhu near Fahrenheit, there is a boundary called Buddha Gaya, where flags flutter and tents are stacked. The Ming Huang tent in the center is located next to a Bi Bo Luo forest. Chen Huaiqing, the king of Tianzhu, was not in the Ming Huang tent, but sat under a Bi Bo Luo tree, with a straw mat under his buttocks, sitting cross-legged facing east, his eyes closed and motionless, and he didn't know whether he was meditating hard or dozing off.

Outside the woods, beside the bright yellow tent, there were several bald monks and nuns with hair. The monks are Kuma Zhipolo, Phags-pa, Baima Temu and Yongxin Great Monks. The nun is Dama Polo, graceful, with beautiful hair and shawl, and a solemn face, standing there without moving, just clasping her hands together, looking at Chen Huaiqing in the forest. It seemed that as soon as he beckoned, she would rush over and take turns to double cultivate with him...... According to some of the theories of Tantra, double practice is conducive to enlightenment.

The great monk Yongxin arrived from Europa via Egypt via the Red Sea, the Arabian Sea, the Indian Ocean, the Bay of Bengal and other places, and also carried a handwritten letter from the Mamluk Sultan Baibers hoping to reconcile with the Ming Dynasty. There are two letters in total, one for Chen Dexing and one for Chen Huaiqing.

This great monk came to Buddha Gaya mainly to deliver a message. The second is to visit the place where the Buddha attained enlightenment. As a result, I actually saw Chen Huaiqing sitting in the position where the Buddha was said to be sitting when he was enlightened, and he was also enlightening!

By the way, Chen Huaiqing, who was enlightened, was passing by Buddha Gaya, and led 80,000 allied troops to follow his son Chen Defang's water army, and marched along the Ganges waterway. The target is precisely Delhi, which is just over a hundred miles from the Ganges.

If Chen Defang's navy played all the way and opened up the logistics waterway of the main army, then Chen Huaiqing would lead the army to attack Delhi. It is estimated that there will be a bloody battle with the Delhi Sultanate. If it can be defeated, then it will be difficult for the Delhi Sultanate to gain a foothold in Zhongtianzhu, and it can only retreat to Tianzhu in the northwest and rely on the Mongols to survive.

Therefore, this battle is the key to the revival of Tianzhu Buddhism!

In addition to spreading the truth of the Buddha with the sword. Chen Huaiqing also planned to hold an dialectical meeting between Buddha Gaya and the Brahmanical wise men of Eastern Tianzhu. This proves that Buddhism is the great way -- in the history of Tianzhu, the struggle between Buddhism and Brahmanism was mainly carried out in a dialectical situation. A dialectical victory often leads to the conversion of many temples and the conversion of many monks. This kind of struggle also existed in the Central Plains, where both Phags-pa and Yongxin took part in the debate. Naturally, we know the difficulties involved, and religious dialectics is originally a matter of public opinion. The mother-in-law said that the mother-in-law was reasonable. In the past, Chen Dexing's method of using Mingzhou's discovery of this miracle to win the dialectic, overwhelm the three religions, and establish the prestige of the Heavenly Taoist Sect was only an accidental phenomenon in religious dialectics.

Most religious dialectics are theory-on-theory...... If there is a spell, it is a fighting method. If we want to debate across sects, we must refute each other with the theories of the other side, and seize the flaws of the opponent's theories and criticize them violently. This requires that both sides involved in the debate are familiar with each other's denominational scriptures and are also eloquent. Chen Huaiqing didn't understand Brahmanism at all, so naturally he couldn't go out in person. So he invited Phags-pa and Pema Temu. Coupled with Kuma Zhipola and Dharma Polo, they organized a group to reason with the Brahmin sages.

If reasoning wins, the wise Brahmins will have to convert their temples into Buddhist temples - the kind of temples where wives can be married, inherited and caste systems can be preserved. If the argument fails, Chen Huaiqing will allow Brahmanism to continue to exist in the territory for a while, but will impose an additional poll tax on Brahmanical villages, and give preference to high-caste Buddhists in the selection of officials.

In short, it is necessary to convert the Brahmins of Tianzhu into Buddhists by peaceful means. At the same time, it is also necessary to raise Mahayana Buddhism to the status of the state religion of Tianzhu!

“…… This expedition to Delhi is a way to eliminate demons. In the past, the reason why Buddhism fell into Tianzhu was because there was only the wish to propagate the Dharma. There is no Sword of Defense. The Dharma should be propagated with scriptures and defended by swords. Only the enemy of the Buddha can be eliminated. Buddhism can flourish. Use the blade of the Buddha against the blade of the outer path. The holy war of the Buddha should be used against the holy war of the outer way. Only in this way can Buddhism flourish from generation to generation. ”

"The Dharma is too complicated, and there are so many scriptures that it is difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood. Monks spend their lives. It is difficult to know the truth in it. In contrast, the scriptures of Christianity, Tianfangism, and Tiandao are much simpler. Simplicity is the only way to facilitate the study of believers and to attract the conversion of ignorant people. In the final analysis, this sectarian dispute is not based on reasoning, but on the fact that there are more people than people. The strength of the people is great, and it is easy to win in a fight! The truth of the Juexin nun's family who took refuge in the Heavenly Taoism is not bad. Ordinary believers. Just be able to recite 'Nam no Amitabha'. The same is true of the Celestial Sect, which only needs to believe that 'nothing is God's but God, and Muhammad is the messenger of God.'" ”

"Blindly escaping from the world and becoming a monk, only knowing personal practice, only knowing how to operate legal properties, but ignoring the rise and fall of the country. How can this not lead to a catastrophe? Of course, there can be monks who retreat from the world, but there must be a limit to the number of monks. In the future, Tianzhu Buddhism should enter the WTO, and Buddhism should not go out of the Three Realms and should enter the red dust. Monks can also reproduce their offspring, and Dharma property should also be taxed according to the law. In this way, a country that worships Buddha will not weaken, and a strong country will have the strength to propagate the Dharma......"

"The dragons have no leader, and the internal strife is not extinguished, which is also a major source of Tianzhu's difficulty. Europa has the so-called Ecumenical Church, which can command the Quartet, and the emperor and prince dare not obey. Tianzhu Buddhism should also follow suit, and there should be a universal Sangha to order the world's Buddhists! The root of the Sangha is the place where the Buddha attained enlightenment. When the Great Bodhi Temple, Nalanda Temple, Chaojie Temple, and Flying Temple are repaired here, they are considered sacred places of Buddhism. Then the Lone King commanded the world in the name of the Great Treasure Heavenly Holy Dharma King, just like the suzerain of the Western Ecumenical Church. After a hundred years, the Lonely King will pass on the throne of the Great Treasure Heavenly Holy Dharma King to his children and grandchildren, so that he can protect the prosperity of Buddhism from generation to generation......"

Chen Huaiqing was sitting cross-legged under the Bodhi tree at this time, pretending to be enlightened. In fact, he was thinking about how to use Buddhism to rule Tianzhu. In his opinion, this is not impossible, the Ming Dynasty's Tiandaoism, Wusizang's Lamaism, the West's Tianfangism and Christianity are not all impressive? Why can't Buddhism follow one or two?

Although he was a Confucian student, he also burned incense and worshiped Buddha. Of course, if you know what is wrong with the monks, you can also figure out some targeted reform methods.

"That's it! That's it for now! ”

Chen Huaiqing stood up and strode out of the woods. The monks and nuns waiting outside clasped their hands and bowed to him.

"Get up," Chen Huaiqing waved his hand. Quite complacent. "The lonely king has enlightened under the tree with Bi Boluo today, and he has a lot of experience. By the way, have the brahmanical wise men arrived? ”

Kuma Zhipola replied, "Returning to the king, more than ten brahmin wise men have arrived. ”

Chen Huaiqing smiled and nodded, "Okay, the Lone King will go and meet them." By the way, discuss the Dharma with them. He nodded at the Polo family's empty mother. Dama Polo, you follow the Lone King. ”

He did not speak Sanskrit and had no interest in learning, so he needed an interpreter to speak to the wise Brahmins.

As for what to talk about, of course, it is not Vedanta non-dualism, nor is it something like "upper Brahma" or "lower Brahman". He didn't understand any of this, and he believed that Giasdin of the Delhi Sultanate. Balbans don't understand either. However, people still let the Tianfang Sect spread widely in Tianzhu, and they also demolished the Brahmanical temple to build the Tianfang Temple.

But he knew how to convince most of the gods to cooperate with him—after all, there were only a handful of people as good as Shangkara. No sect can be sustained by a very small number of high-ranking people, and Brahmanism can survive in Tianzhu. It doesn't rely on reason, but it can make the nobles who control most of Tianzhu's land and population get real benefits! It allows them to ride effortlessly on the heads of the untouchables.

Although Tianzhu's Buddhism eventually recognized caste (at this time, Tianzhu's Tianfang religion had not yet developed to the point of recognizing caste), there was still too much content about equality in its teachings. This is not conducive to the nobles of Tianzhu, and it is also not conducive to the foreign Chinese countries, so it must be modified!

As long as Buddhism can protect the interests of these Tianzhu nobles in the same way as Brahmanism, I believe they will be willing to cooperate.

……

There was a "bang" of gunshots, and the target seventy paces away fell in response.

In the garden of Daming Palace in Jiangdu, Chen Dexing took the rifle that he had just finished. Lost to the white slave girl Natalie next to her, this girl has been used by Chen Dexing. Sure enough, there was material. I really don't know how this girl's figure grows? It's so graceful. The girl took the gun and immediately began to load the bullet with her hands and feet. This girl is very smart and a very fast learner, but in four or five days, she will be able to use the latest flintlock smoothbore gun proficiently.

"Everyone carries a gun, and King Ming is also afraid of ......" watched the girl's smooth movements. Chen Dexing's mind suddenly popped up with such a sentence.

A girl like Natalie can learn to use this smoothbore gun in a matter of days, and can use it to kill one of the bravest samurai - like Tran Tak Hing! What that meant, he couldn't have been clearer.

"In fact, the people are weak and have the advantages of being weak, and the people are strong and have the distress of being strong......"

Think about the oppression of the Chinese people in history. After being disarmed and tamed into a sheep, Chen Dexing sighed unwillingly with a little less than the previous and more than the lower than the bottom.

"Saint, this gun ......"

Meng De, the big boss of Meng Ji Gun Shop, heard Chen Dexing's sigh, and his heart that had just been put down was raised again.

This flintlock smoothbore gun is a product that Meng Kee Gun has spent several years repeatedly improving. Not only is the design impeccable, but the production costs are also extremely low. If produced in large quantities, one smoothbore gun will cost no more than 10 shots! Although it is impossible for a mass-produced product to hit a humanoid target within a hundred paces with a deerskin bullet like this smoothbore gun dedicated to Chen Dashengren. But there is no doubt about the lethality within forty or fifty paces, this power is definitely greater than that of a crossbow - a crossbow can hit within forty or fifty steps, but as long as the opponent wears a good armor, it is difficult to hurt.

On the battlefield, there are many warriors who are still fighting with dozens of arrows in their bodies. But if a three-and-a-half (about 10 centimeters) shot of buckshot can still be alive, it must be a fairy!

Meng De took a breath and said, "Sage, the minister thinks that for most soldiers, a weapon that kills the enemy from fifty steps away is enough, and even with a divine arm crossbow, it is difficult to kill the enemy from a hundred steps away. Moreover, this gun can also be equipped with a sleeve bayonet, which can be used as a short spear, and it will not suffer in melee hand-to-hand combat. As for the enemy at fifty paces, it can be killed with artillery, and it can also allow sharpshooters to use refined smoothbore guns and deerskin bullets......"

The tactics Mende said was the tactics of line infantry, light infantry and artillery, and if some light cavalry and lancers were added, it would basically be possible for the large population of the farming people to hang the nomads who were skilled in archers and horses.

For the Ming Dynasty, which has the largest population in the world, this kind of tactics that can quickly storm troops is undoubtedly the most applicable!

As a matter of fact, after the appearance of the flintlock smoothbore gun, the Ming War Department and the Army General Staff had long been studying an unprecedented military reform -- to realize the firearms of the infantry and completely eliminate the existing cold weapons of the infantry. Build a new infantry that fights with muskets and bayonets.

"Sage, the bullets are loaded." Natalie's voice rang out, and she got down on one knee, raised a loaded rifle above her head, and delivered it to Chen Dexing.

"No, I'm not going to fight. Natalie, you can shoot it. Chen Dexing said to the girl gently, "If you hit, I will have a reward, a heavy reward." If you don't hit, I'll punish you, and I'll punish you heavily. ”

The girl raised her head and looked at Chen Dexing with a gentle smile, her eyes flashed, and a little crimson appeared on her pretty and fair face. The Emperor of the East likes to tease girls the most. often asks people to go to wrestle with Mr. Yang to show him. There is a reward for victory, and a penalty for defeat. But the reward and the punishment are the same thing......

"Slave Command." Natalie's face was full of shyness, and she stood up, followed the method taught by Chen Dexing, put the butt of the gun against her shoulder, aimed the crosshair on the barrel at the target in front of her, lowered it slightly, and then gently hooked the trigger. The movements are very skillful, and at a glance you know that it is not the first time to play with guns.

With a "bang", a target in the distance fell again.

"Not bad! Hit it accurately! Chen Dexing smiled and clapped his hands, and turned back to Meng Dedao. Even a little woman can use it freely, and I think my Ming soldiers will master it soon! Meng De, I am very satisfied with this gun, your gun shop will get the order! However, this time, the War Department and the Admiralty had to purchase a large number of muskets. You can't do it by relying on your Meng Kee gun shop, so when you place an order, the War Department will buy your patent. Go back and think about what price you should ask. (To be continued......)