Whether Jun and this Mr. Wei Gang will be reunited after a long absence, it was still a few months ago. At that time, he had just taken up his post in Zheng County, and summoned his subordinates to inquire about the situation in the county, and a small official reported: "There is a person named Wei Gang, who set up an ancestral hall in the west of the city, preaches the law from the west, and bewitches all fools - please respect the county's life, the sin is the yes, the yes of the chase, or the yes of it?" ”

To say that at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, because of the disorder of the dynasty, the lives were devastated, which created the first religious upsurge in Chinese history. Because both the powerful and the common people are too dark for politics to see where the future lies, but they feel that there are many sufferings in life, and since they can't find light in reality, they will naturally pin their hearts on the ethereal ghosts and gods, and various religions will arise from this.

In fact, there is one more time to push forward, that is, the troubled times of the Warring States, but in those years, it can only be said that the theory of gods and ghosts was rampant, most of them were not systematic, and they really couldn't fit the hat of "religion".

The Eastern Han Dynasty was different, the gods and scholars added Confucianism, and after the confluence, the local primitive religion gradually emerged. The earliest missionary (and most likely the founder) that can be traced in later generations is Zhang Ling, also known as Zhang Daoling, who founded the Zhengyi League in Heming Mountain in the first year of Emperor Yongshou of the Han Shun Emperor, claiming that Taishang Laojun "gave three days of rectification and was appointed as a heavenly master". Later, the Central Plains Taiping Road, and the five buckets of rice in Shu were all branches of Zhang Lingzheng.

Other scattered sects also emerged in an endless stream, for example, there was Dong Fu in Guanghan, Liu Yan was taught to divide the territory, Xu Deng and Zhao Bing were in Fujian, Fei Changfang was in Runan, Zuo Ci was in Lujiang, Yu Ji was in Langxi, Guan Ke was in Pingyuan, and so on.

For rulers, religion is a double-edged sword, on the one hand, it is conducive to paralyzing the people. Teach them to be obedient. On the other hand, careerists are also prone to use the influence and incitement of religion. The direct threat to the government's rule -- the Zhang Jiao brothers, Zhang Xiu, and Zhang Lu -- is the best example.

For example, Yu Ji, who went back and forth to Wu Hui to preach, it is said that once Sun Ce gathered the guests on the gate tower of the county city, but Yu Ji passed under the door, and two-thirds of the guests all left Sun Ce and went downstairs to greet him, causing Sun Ce to be furious. Even the old lady's advice refused to listen, and ordered Yu Ji to be beheaded for public display. Sun Ce's reason is: "In the past, Nanyang Zhang Jin was the assassin of Jiaozhou, gave up the holy scriptures in front of him, abolished the laws of the Han family, tasted the head of the Jiang Patou, burned incense on the drum and piano, read the evil Taoist books, and was killed by Nanyi. This is of no avail, but you have not understood ......"

As for the Cao Wei regime. Cao Cao started by suppressing the Yellow Turban, and he himself is among his contemporaries. It can also be regarded as a typical example of being more practical and anti-superstitious, so the officials of Wei Zhi adhered to the will of the above, and most of them had a contemptuous or even hostile attitude towards religious people. Of course, the Son of Heaven did not issue any "ban on religion", and there was no reason to arrest or even kill all suspected religious people (Yu Lu Wuzheng), so under normal circumstances, when I heard that someone was preaching in the jurisdiction, most of them warned and expelled.

However, it was Jun who considered that he had just arrived and his prestige had not yet been established, so if he really did it hastily, in case this "Wei Gangster" was even foolish to the people, it would cause the people to be hostile to the government and make trouble, which would be unbeautiful. Therefore, he took care of the little official, saying that I had to meet this weft scoundrel first, and see if he was a cultivator with real ability, or a bandit who had gotten evil words to confuse the public, and then I could make a final decision.

So the little official summoned Wei Gang, and when Jun looked at him for the first time, he didn't like it in his heart - the so-called "body hair and skin, and the parents who receive it, must not be destroyed", you are obviously not bald, nor a eunuch, there are hair roots on your head, and you have a beard on your chin, pretending to be amazing, what is the purpose?

Then I took a second look, but I couldn't help but "chuckle" in my heart. It was Jun who remembered that during the Yongping period of Emperor Xiaoming of the previous dynasty, Zeng Mengjin immediately sent an envoy to Tianzhu to invite Jiaye Moteng and Zhu Falan Ershamen to travel eastward and introduce the classics of Western religion -- it seems that this Western religion that calls itself "Buddhism" must shave its hair to show that it is necessary to remove the troubles of the world. Dare to love, this is a "monk", not an ordinary Taoist priest.

But when he thought of Buddhism and monks, he couldn't help but look at this weed, the more familiar he became-"Mr. and I, did you know each other before?" ”

Wei Yu heard the inquiry, smiled slightly, and saluted: "Wen County's surname is, and Defei Yingling is a member of the Shumian clan?" "It's strange to hear it, this doesn't ask if I'm a member of Hongfu's clan, and I don't ask if I'm a clansman from Ziyu (yes), but I called out my third brother's words, is this person really ......

"The third brother of Zhengwu."

Wei Yu nodded: "In this way, I may have seen Zun Fan in Tao Mu in the past." As he spoke, he put his hands behind his back: "I am guilty of today, but I can be bound and escorted to Luoyang for execution." ”

It was Jun who couldn't help but slap the table: "Sure enough, it's you!" ”

The original name of "Wei Gang" was borrowed to change the word, but in fact, the original "Wei Ming" was the word of this person. Wei Ming's surname is Rong, a person from Danyang in the late Han Dynasty, who once accompanied his fellow villager Tao Qian to guard Xu Fang, and was appointed as the next minister. Thinking that Tao Qian was old and the two sons were arguing, the brothers Lu Zhu and Lu Fang supported the pottery merchants, and the Cao Hong and Cao Bao brothers supported Tao Ying - Di Rong was barely regarded as an elk party, but he did not take Lu Zhu as the leader, but wanted to take advantage of himself. Later, the Cao family took power, the elk family stood on the side, Cao Bao wanted to trap and kill Zhenrong, but Zhenrong heard the rumors in advance, fled south to Guangling, and then killed Guangling Taishou and Zhao Yu, a famous man, looted, and fled back to his hometown Danyang.

Of course, that is what happened on this timeline, and in the original history, Di Rong took advantage of the Yan and Xu wars, and Tao Qian took the opportunity to take care of himself, killed Zhao Yu and crossed the Yangtze River, and then killed Xue Li, the late Pengcheng Minister, and went to Liu Xuan, the new assassin of Yangzhou. But this guy is not at ease under Liu Xuan's hands, Liu Xuan made him cooperate with Yuzhang Taishou Zhu Hao, in order to attack Liu Biao's Yuzhang Taishou Zhuge Xuan (that is, the uncle of Zhuge Liang's three brothers), Zhenrong actually took the opportunity to attack and kill Zhu Hao and swallow his people. Liu Miao was furious and sent troops to attack, but he was defeated and fled into the mountain, and was finally killed by the mountain people.

But in this timeline, Zhenrong's evil deeds are not so endless, when he killed Zhao Yu, went south to Moling, and temporarily attached himself to Xue Li, it is estimated that it is too late to turn his face and make a move, and the "little overlord" Sun Ce will kill him. The combined forces of Xue and Di were defeated in a battle, Xue Li died in the chaos, but Di Rong has disappeared since then - it has been more than ten years.

This Zhenrong originally believed in Buddhism, and thought that Liu Biao ordered him to supervise the three counties of Guangling, Xiapi, and Pengcheng to transport grain, so he was crazy about corruption. Then "Daqi Futu Temple." On the gold plate. The next is a heavy building, and the pavilion is round, can accommodate 3,000 people, make a gold coated image, and the clothes are brocade; Every bathing Buddha, set up more drinking and eating, cloth on the road, it has food and spectators and more than 10,000 people". However, according to later generations. At that time, he was only a layman at home, not a monk - after all, he still had the official position of the prime minister on his head, and he was reluctant to lose it.

Unexpectedly, this ruthless hero of the troubled times, when he appeared in front of Shi Jun again more than ten years later, he was murderous, already bald and coarse, and looked like a complete monk.

Now this Mr. Wei Lu (Zhen Rong) says that "I am guilty of today's son", and he is willing to tie his hands, but Shi Jun really has no suitable reason to punish him. If you want to obstruct Tao Ying from inheriting Tao Qian's industry and oppose Yan and Xu Hezong, then the third brother of his own family was Kuan and belonged to the Elk clan back then. Standing on the same front as Zhenrong, if Cao Cao is really entangled in this matter. Neither the Elk brothers nor the Kuan could run. As for killing Zhao Yu and voting for Liu Xuan, how many years ago happened, although there is no "prosecution period" in these years, after all, even the dynasty has changed, how many people still care about those bad things in the previous dynasty?

It's Jun who is very curious, Zhen Weiming has evaporated from the world for more than ten years, and he actually came to preach in Guanzhong - did he really "put down the butcher's knife", or did he hide some evil intentions?

So I inquired in detail. Wei Yu said: "The past is like a dream bubble, the past is wrong, I regret it now, I only want to use Buddhism to save myself and save others, to atone for my sins." Although, today's fate is also the cause of the day before yesterday, and since the karma is artificial, I will frankly admit the consequences - that is, the county respects me, and I have no complaints. "It seems that he has really changed his past mistakes and concentrated on practicing and propagating the Dharma.

Yes Jun asked everywhere, and he dared to love Mr. Wei's reputation in Zheng County is quite good. He came to Zheng County three years ago, and immediately bought a small dilapidated ancestral hall in the west of the city to live in, hanging silk painted Buddha statues, and preaching Buddhism. Unlike the Taoist priests who had a strong smell of Fang Shi who were flooded in these years, he neither did alchemy, nor made talisman water, did not use demon magic to save people, nor did he gather homeless people. Usually touring the four townships, just like the psychiatrists of later generations, guide the people to recognize the entanglement of karma and worship the Buddha to atone for their sins. He cultivated 30 acres of thin fields by himself, and occasionally went to the door of the rich to preach Buddhism and ask for alms......

What happened before I came to Zheng County, no one knows, since I came to Zheng County, I have been an ascetic for three years, and it really doesn't look like a pretend.

At this time, there were no less than 1,000 people in Zheng County who believed in Buddhism because of Wei Gang, and although they did not believe it, they were also quite grateful and revered Wei Li, and the number of people was more than five times. Shi Jun considered that on the premise of failing to catch him with any handle, he rashly arrested or chased him, fearing that it would cause the county people to be hostile to the county office, which was not conducive to his own governance, so he temporarily let go of the Wei Gang monk, and just wrote a letter to Luoyang in private, and informed the Taiwei is Hongfu that he knew. It was Hongsuke's feedback that he firmly controlled this person and kept an eye on his movements at any time, and if he never behaved abnormally, then it would be up to him to honestly believe in Buddhism and promote the Dharma, and there was no need to do much.

But in order to monitor the Wei Gang, Shi Jun talked with him many times after that, but he was washed by the Wei Lu several times, and he even offered the Buddha statue in the inner hall. The root cause is that Jun was forced by the situation in Lelang back then, and killed his cousin Shi Xun with a sword, leaving a pimple in his heart, always afraid that Shi Xun would turn into a ghost and come to ask for his life, often in the middle of the night, he would be awakened by nightmares. So Wei Yu told him about the Buddhist theories of cause and effect, karma, etc., and gradually reduced his guilt, and he was able to sleep soundly at night.

came and went, but Jun not only believed in Buddhism, but also formed a friendship with Wei Gang. To say that Zhen Rong was doing nonsense in Xiapi at the beginning, although it was against the way of cultivation, he was really not a fake Buddhist believer, but had his own heritage. And said that in the last years of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, there was a resting monk An Xuan came to Luoyang, because of the worship of the riding Duwei, known as "Du Wei Xuan", this person took the promotion of the Dharma as his own responsibility, and gradually understood the Chinese, and Yan Fu translated the two volumes of the "Law Mirror Sutra" and one volume of the "A Han Oral Interpretation of the Twelve Causes and Conditions". Yan Fu Tune, also known as Yan Buddha Tune, is a Chinese and the earliest monk in China recorded in history, after An Xuan's death, he also translated books such as "The Supreme Pure Separation of the Bodhisattva of the Chief" and other books, and wrote the book "Shami Ten Wisdom Chapters and Verses" - Zhen Rong Zhengjing is Yan Fu's disciple.

Therefore, it is not difficult for the monk to be quite proficient in Buddhism, and it is not difficult to pull Jun into the Buddha gate if he wants to have a pimple in his heart. Since then, he has often come and gone to the Zheng County Office, either to preach the scriptures for Jun, or to tell the people to do miscellaneous things, to persuade the county to do good governance, or to ask for almsgiving. As for today, in order to comfort a few poor families in the county, Wei Gangster came to beg Shi Jun for funding, but as soon as they met—you have the expression of wanting to kill—he immediately turned around and left.

Shi Jun hurriedly grabbed it, saying that I was going to ask Mr. about this matter, and asked Mr. to clear his confusion...... (To be continued......)