Chapter 155: Qingming (Part II)

Pan Li'er also looked around, there are not many people in Xiangguo Temple today, but it is not a few. This is a national holiday, and they are all on holiday, except for some shops, and even all workshops are on holiday. She looked up at Song Jiu and said, "Bad people, go outside the city, but you are not allowed to do bad things." ”

This is easy to misunderstand, but the day before yesterday it was a joke, Song Jiu has not been in such a hurry, and said: "You are serious, but if you want to, you can do it." ”

"No way!"

Song Jiu said to the coachman: "Go to Xiaoweiwa." ”

It is a small lake five or six miles outside the east city gate, many saline-alkali land, some plants are born around, but they grow very short, and there are few families, making a living by planting mulberry and raising silkworms. It is the time of Qingming, the reeds are not yet green, and the scenery is not so beautiful. There are few tourists who want to come and go today, otherwise it will not work, and other places with a little scenery will be full of tourists today.

Song Jiu rode a horse to lead the way in front, and then turned his head to look at Xiangguo Temple, I don't know why Zhao Kuangyin expanded Xiangguo Temple, maybe it seems to be building some temples, but the meaning behind it is not trivial, that means that the country will reinterpret the Buddha and Taoism. This is not a trivial matter, but I have been busy at two o'clock and one line for more than ten days, so I haven't heard of it, so I asked through the curtain of the car: "Little lady Pan, why did Your Majesty issue an edict to expand Xiangguo Temple?" ”

"That's the case, Your Majesty went down to Xiangguo Temple to offer incense, probably to pray for the blessings of the people of Bashu, what about the sachet I gave you?"

"It's at home."

"You have to wear it every day."

"Okay, I'll wear it every day after I go back," Song Jiu said. It's a bit difficult, as long as you wear a jade apple, you can guarantee that you can see it. How will it be explained when the time comes?

"I'm kind, and there's a peace charm in it. It was Master Zanhai, a senior monk of Xiangguo Temple, who opened the light. ”

"It's a master again."

"People are originally masters, his senior brother is the host of Xiangguo Temple, Zanning, His Majesty went to Xiangguo Temple to pray for blessings, and it was Master Zanning who received His Majesty, and His Majesty saw the Buddha."

"It's a Buddha statue."

"That's the Buddha too."

"I'll tell you a story."

"Yes, yes." As soon as she heard Song Jiu's story, Pan Li'er jumped up.

It is said that there was a Confucian scholar in Dengzhou in the Tang Dynasty, who was going to Chang'an to take the exam and seek fame, and stayed at an inn on the way. At night, this man had a dream, and he saw a house full of white light. The next day he consulted the dreamteller, who said that this was a sign of the realization that all things are empty. This person suddenly believed and doubted, continued to enter the capital, and met a Zen monk again, stopped him and asked how Lang Jun was in a hurry. The man replied. I want to go to Beijing to take the exam, study and become an official. Zen monks said that studying and becoming an official is like becoming a monk and learning Buddhism? This person was suspicious, and it happened that I had a dream that everything was empty the other day. This time I met a Zen guest again, could it be that I really have a relationship with the Buddha? ”

"yes, yes. That must have something to do with the Buddha. ”

"It's fate, but he doesn't know much about the Buddha. So I asked, please ask the great monk. Where should I go to study Buddhism? The Zen monk said that today's Hongzhou Matsu Master and Nanyue Xiqian are known as the world's two great scholars, where you go to them to learn Buddhism, you will definitely gain something. This person found Master Matsu, and when he saw Matsu, he didn't speak, but just pushed his head with his hand, showing his willingness to take off his hat and cut his hair to become a monk. Ma Zu looked at him intently and said, Shi Xiqian, who lives in Nanyue, is your teacher. Xiqian also has few words, and this son also has few words, just a natural pair. This person came to Nanyue Hengshan again, saw Xi Qian, and pushed his head, Xi Qian said, let's go to the trough factory. ”

"What's the?"

At that time, the idiom was that the monastery agreed to take in the disciples and place the monks' houses, which was mostly called the trough factory. This person stayed in Hengshan and worked as a monk for three years. Three years later, Xiqian was about to take his disciples to eradicate the weeds in front of the temple, but this son came in with a basin of water, washed his head in front of everyone, and then knelt in front of Xiqian. Xi Qian smiled knowingly, shaved his hair, and then said the precepts. Who knew that as soon as Lu Dao began to speak, this person also escaped from Lu Dao. Then he found Matsu again, and this time he did not see Matsu, but went straight to the monastic hall, found a statue of the holy monk, climbed on it, and sat on the head of the holy monk. The monks were in an uproar and hurriedly reported to Matsu. Matsu came to see it, laughed and cried, and said, My son is really natural. When this person heard this, he fell to the ground and said, "Thank you teacher for giving me the Dharma name." From then on, people officially called him a natural monk. Later, he naturally came to Danxia Mountain Huilin Temple to place an order, and it happened that the weather was very cold this year, and the door was closed by heavy snow. Naturally it was so cold that I couldn't stand it, and there was no firewood in the temple, so I looked around, found a wood-splitting axe, and cut it down against the big wooden Buddha statue. ”

"Ah, he's dying." Pan Li'er screamed.

The coachman also shuddered in front of him.

"It's not dead, the Buddha statue is made of good wood, and it has been dry for so long, when the fire is blazing, and the natural roast is warm, the temple is in chaos, the temple master came to the meditation hall, and shouted loudly, what are you doing! Nature said, I cremated the wooden Buddha and wanted to find relics. When the temple master heard that the fire was even greater, he shouted, how can the wooden Buddha come to the relics! ”

"Yes, it's just a Buddha statue...... Pan Li'er suddenly covered her mouth with her hand, in fact, Buddhism is full of loopholes, first of all, this emptiness is the biggest loophole, although countless monks have made up for it again and again, to no avail.

But Song Jiu didn't want to do this thankless thing, regardless of Buddhism and Taoism, its intentions were still good, guiding people to goodness, but the country did not guide them, so the most disadvantage was formed, including cheating money to their own homes.

"Mrs. Pan, you have reacted. Therefore, he naturally continued to roast the fire slowly, and said, The Wood Buddha has no relics, so what do you blame me? The temple master was so angry that he couldn't help it, it happened to be cold, and he also stepped forward to roast the fire, but the wind blew and burned his eyebrows. Not only did he burn his eyebrows, but they never grew back. The matter of natural burning of Buddha spread out, and someone asked another high-ranking monk Zhenjue Master, natural burning of Buddha, the temple owner stopped it, what was wrong, but the eyebrows were burned off and could not grow. Zhenjue said, because the temple master only sees the Buddha in his eyes. People ask how natural it is. Zhenjue said that Danxia naturally burns wood. ”

"Really?"

"I don't believe that you will ask any of the senior monks of Xiangguo Temple in the future."

The more Pan Li'er thought about it, she didn't feel incredible, and asked, "You can't lie to me." ”

This is one of the most famous public cases of Zen Buddhism, and Danxia naturally became a famous monk of a generation. It occupies an extremely important place in the history of Zen Buddhism. Let's talk about His Majesty and Zanin. ”

With this public case, the story of Zhao Kuangyin and Zanning is not unusual. Pan Li'er said weakly: "Your Majesty sees the Buddha statue......"

When it came to the word Buddha statue, she was even more powerless, and said: "Your Majesty hesitates." He is the emperor, the parents of the world, whether you want to worship or not, at this time Master Zanning said that you don't have to worship Your Majesty. His Majesty asked why? Master Zanning said that the present Buddha does not worship the Buddha of the past. His Majesty was overjoyed, and after he went back, he issued an edict to expand Xiangguo Temple. ”

Song Jiu finally understood that it was not a big problem to worship or not, this was Zanning's open support for Zhao Kuangyin's throne on behalf of Buddhism in the world. It was Chen Tuan, who said that the world deserved to be popular, so Zhao Kuangyin supported Taoism. Reward the three peaks of Huashan to Chen Jun. After all, the origin of Zhao Kuangyin's throne is a little incorrect.

Maybe Zhao Kuangyin doesn't believe in Buddhism, but he needs the recognition of the legitimacy of his regime from these two theocracies!

The sedan chair is carried by everyone, you say I am good, and I will give you good.

It's that I'm thinking too complicated.

Out of the east gate, all the way forward, to the small reed. Sure enough, it was quiet, there was no one, only a few birds flying around.

Pan Li'er got out of the carriage, and the coachman was waiting for her on the side of the avenue. Song Jiu took Pan Li'er to the small lake, looking at the empty lakeside, Pan Li'er stared at Song Jiu nervously. Song Jiu thought that this little girl's sense of protection was quite strong, and said with a smile: "You think about the bad again." ”

"You bad guy. What are you doing with me in the middle of nowhere? ”

"Pian."

"Pan Niangzi."

"Pan Niangzi, am I a bad person?"

Pan Li'er tilted her head and looked at Song Jiu, she couldn't say how good Song Jiu was. He really can't be a good person like Tang Seng, but he definitely can't be said to be a bad person. However, Pan Li'er still said unreasonably: "You are a bad person." ”

"It's the bad guys. I brought you here for fear that anyone would see you. Your family style is strict, unlike other people's ladies, sometimes you are wrapped up with men and play, and your skin is bruised and purple when you go back at night. We haven't been engaged yet, so your mother will be angry if we meet in private like this. So I brought you here, and no one else, to speak, and no one else to see, gossip about you. ”

"That's right."

"It's to talk, let me ask you, I have a plan, your lintel is too high. Even if Your Majesty rewards me as the founding uncle, it is not as good as your family. Send a matchmaker to the door to propose marriage now, and your mother may not agree. When the playground opens together in the autumn, your mother will see that I have a stable high income in the future, and even take your two older brothers to earn some money. At that time, whether it was his own conditions or the economy, he had a higher grasp of the proposal. But if it drags on for a long time, I'm afraid of change. So listen to your thoughts. ”

"Bad guy, I'm seventeen."

"I understand," Song Jiu shook his head, this reason can't be said, the legal age of marriage in the Song Dynasty was thirteen years old for women and fifteen years old for men, and the official does not encourage it to become like this age even earlier, but it is not for physical considerations, but it is too early, the wealth of the two families is prosperous and declining, and the change is not frequent, or the sages of men and women are too young to see, and there will be many stories of divorce and regret in the future, which is too hurtful to the folklore. In fact, there are still people who get married as soon as they are ten years old.

Like Pan Li'er is now seventeen years old, Song Jiu put aside her amazing mood at the beginning, and actually treats Pan Li'er as a little girl, but in this era, she is an older unmarried young woman.

Since Pan Li'er said that I am seventeen years old, let's mention it.

Song Jiu said another thing, and said, "We have to wait a little longer." ”

"You're lying to me."

"I'm not lying to you, I'm taking the time to write six textbooks, Physics Arithmetic and Accounting, one is the enlightenment version and the other is the first-grade version. These two sets of writings are written and written, and whether it is the study of the avenue or the study of the path, it can be regarded as a kind of knowledge. ”

"When is that?"

"This is very fast, there was a second draft last year, I have been taking the time to revise at night, at most ten days, I will find someone to carve, and at the same time in the second half of the year I want to directly expand the enrollment of second-year students, I must print these two sets of books as soon as possible, and it will not be more than a month."

"You're too busy, too."

"This is not called busy, it is called living to the fullest, busy is this year, there is no project in the second half of the year, and His Majesty will not let me go down, so I will only teach the children and do the test, then it will be easy." By the second half of next year, more students will grow up, and they will also become real assistants. ”

Although Song Jiu said so, once the three projects are put into business, they will be very busy, and maybe there will be a chicken and an egg at that time. The difficulty is this year, and it will not get better until next spring. Suddenly, Song Jiu laughed and asked, "Mrs. Pan, you really can't wait?" (To be continued......)