Chapter 258: Emperor, Dao Master, Rulai
"Many people don't understand, what kind of law to change, what kind of life? Wasn't it very good in the past, everyone lived very well, and enjoyed themselves, but now that you have changed the law and made a revolution, isn't it just for the ambition of your emperor? Isn't it just to make Yankang's land bigger if you offend famous families and sects? Now you are to blame for changing the law when you have caused natural and man-made disasters for many years. That's a fallacy!"
Bazhou Mansion, Emperor Yanfeng and a group of civil and military ministers walked on the street, looking at the people queuing up to receive food in front of the official porridge stalls, Emperor Yanfeng walked over and came to a righteous porridge stall, the official who was distributing the righteous porridge was about to kneel, Emperor Yanfeng waved his hand and said: "The weather is cold, there are not so many rules." How much does one person send?"
"Back to Your Majesty, an adult has a bowl of rice porridge, two steamed buns, and a spoonful of dried vegetables. β
Emperor Yanfeng nodded, let him go down, and he was in charge of the food for the victims, and behind him stood full of civil and military officials of the imperial court. Emperor Yanfeng continued while holding the spoon: "In the past, it was never the common people who lived very well! Si Nong, you come and tell them that one acre of fertile land can feed a few people before the national teacher changes the law. β
Minister Si Nong hurriedly said: "Before the law was changed, one mu of fertile land produced 330 catties of coarse grain per year. It's just that at that time, the fields were concentrated in the hands of the families, monasteries, and Taoist temples, and the peasants had no fields in their hands. A farmer family of seven or eight people, farming 80 acres of land, there are grains, fruits, trees, vegetables, and medicinal materials. After a year of hard work, two seasons of planting, there is no surplus grain for a year, barely enough to eat, one or two meals of meat a month, and when encountering natural and man-made disasters, you will starve to death. At that time, many elderly people took the initiative to throw themselves into the river or go up the mountain in disaster years, so as not to affect their families. At that time, there were countless grains and money in the family, temples, and Taoist temples. β
Emperor Yanfeng said: "Eighty acres of land, feeding a family of seven or eight, and working hard to grow grain for a year, where does the grain go?
Minister Si Nong continued: "Your Majesty ordered the national teacher to change the law and collect the land of the world, and the family, monasteries and Taoist temples are not allowed to own the land, Ding Nan has 80 acres of land and 20 acres of fertile land. In recent years, the population has increased several times, and the country has become much larger, so the rules have changed, Ding Nan has 40 acres of land and 10 acres of fertile land. The national teacher let the warriors and supernatural people work and farm, and the harvest was guaranteed by drought and flood, and it rained in drought and drained the water in a big flood, so there was no famine for 160 years. Now the yield per mu is 820 catties, and the field is endowed with two stones, and the farmer does not feel that it costs money to eat meat. β
"Three hundred and thirty pounds, eight hundred and twenty pounds. β
Emperor Yanfeng pinched two steamed buns and put them in the bowls of the hungry people, slapped a spoonful of dried vegetables, and said with emotion: "What is a Buddha? This is a Buddha, a living Buddha, a living Buddha, and a Buddha for all the people! It's not that you put on the name of a Taoist master and say something like chicken soup that soothes the soul, that is, a Buddha is a Taoist master! Si Nong, let me ask you again, since the national teacher has changed the law very well and there is more food, why is there still a famine once a natural disaster breaks out?"
Minister Si Nong's face was embarrassed, and he hesitated: "This ......"
"Say!"
"Yes. In addition to the reason for the increase in population several times, there are also reasons for eating meat and fighting wars. Food is needed to feed livestock, and food and grass are needed to feed foreign beasts in the army, train soldiers, and fight. The most important thing is the transfer of farmland. Some farmland was bought by the family lords and sect temples and became landlords. β
Minister Si Nong said: "The grain is back in their hands. The last sectarian rebellion was because they had money and food in their hands, so they were so bold. And this famine should not have caused such a big stir, is it not because after the war, the treasury is empty, and these big families and temples are unwilling to release grain......?
Emperor Yanfeng turned his head, glanced at the ministers, and said: "The great valve of the family sent temples and Taoist temples, and in the past, they used to sit high in the sky, eating delicacies from the mountains and seas every day, delicacies and delicacies, talking about the wind and snow, talking about the magic of Taoism, talking about the immortal life, and there are peasants to support them, who is willing to give a hand to these peasants? If the peasants are not satisfied, they will directly descend on the disaster and bring disaster to them! Is this snow disaster strange? Isn't it strange. In the past, when sects ruled the country, there were no fewer such snowstorms! But it was not the gods who sent disasters and the heavens sent disasters, but the sects that sent disasters and made these people surrender and dare not make trouble!"
"The national teacher changed the law and asked the sect to work for the peasants and the merchants, but they were not happy and did not want to do it. The national teacher changed the law again, opened primary schools and universities, passed on the skills of these sects to the world, and let the world do it, and they were even more unhappy. If you want to rebel, you want to kill people! As everyone knows, the ancestors counted eight generations forward, all of them were peasants, and none of them were special!"
"You have also seen and heard me clearly. This time, I will kill their heads, and the next time you do the same as them, I will also kill your heads! The officials I want are not these high-ranking sects, and the high-ranking people, Buddhas, and officials I want can do things in a down-to-earth manner! Scholars must be able to work and do things for farmers and businessmen! There are still some scholars in the court who think that they are superior to others, and grandma's ,ββ historian allows me to say a dirty word. - Grandma's, every day I think of myself crookedly! I can't wait to kill their heads!"
The ministers of civil and military affairs bowed their heads and did not dare to speak.
The two historians glanced at each other, both showing embarrassment, and one of the older historians whispered: "Your Majesty, the Son of Heaven is cautious." β
Emperor Yanfeng said: "I don't often swear, isn't it that I can scold people when I'm angry? β
As he was talking, the queue to receive the meal took the turn of a big monk, holding a golden bowl, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty said it very well, but when a natural disaster comes, how to stop the natural disaster and prevent the people from suffering is the right way." β
Emperor Yanfeng glanced at the great monk, called him a bowl of rice, two steamed buns, and a spoonful of vegetables, and said, "I not only said it well, but also did it better." The great monk eats slowly, don't disturb the world. β
The great monk said yes and went with the golden bowl.
"Rulai!" Everyone behind Emperor Yanfeng saw this great monk, and their hearts shook slightly.
After the big monk left, an old Taoist priest came from behind, untidy, his hair was a little disheveled, holding a bowl and basin, and said with a smile: "Has Your Majesty eaten?"
Emperor Yanfeng's face was solemn, he fought, shook his head and said, "I haven't eaten yet." β
"Your Majesty should eat some, and only when you are full can you go on the road. β
Emperor Yanfeng nodded, pinched two steamed buns, took a bowl of porridge, and said to the civil and military ministers: "You also come to eat some, you have encountered something." β
The ministers of civil and military affairs looked at the monk and Taoist priest one by one, and saw that one of them was holding a golden bowl and the other was squatting in the corner of the street with a bowl and basin, drinking porridge and eating steamed buns and dried vegetables, which was as sweet as food.
The ministers stepped forward, each received a meal, and each squatted in the corner of the street, and Emperor Yanfeng also squatted there, eating silently.
After eating, Emperor Yanfeng went to the well to press water to wash the dishes, and the ministers lined up in the back. And Rulai and the Taoist master also stepped forward to wash the dishes and chopsticks, and said, "I haven't eaten a meal in the world for a long time, but it has a different flavor." β
"I have been eating with these ministers for months. β
Emperor Yanfeng said seriously: "The two Dao brothers should eat often, and don't let themselves live too high and too far." β
"To be lofty is to avoid vulgarity. β
The old Taoist master smiled: "You are the emperor of the world, and you are managing the laity, but the cultivation of Buddhism is to stay away from the troubles of the world, and it is difficult to get out of it if you are disturbed." β
Emperor Yanfeng smiled and asked, "Dao Master, can you become a true god?"
The Dao Master shook his head.
Emperor Yanfeng asked Rulai again: "Rulai, can you become a true Buddha?"
Rulai shook his head: "The divine bridge is broken, who can become a real god and Buddha?"
"Then what are you talking about? Stay away from the world, as if you are very powerfulβHistorian, I am speaking foul language again, don't remember it, I know. Go down, you are not needed here. β
Emperor Yanfeng said that, walked out of the city, accompanied by the civil and military ministers, Emperor Yanfeng stopped, turned around and smiled: "Although it is said that it is according to the rules of the court and not according to the rules of the rivers and lakes, there is no need for so many people." The Shenqiao realm remained, and the others retreated. β
Many civil and military ministers stopped, and Emperor Yanfeng was followed by seven people, Taiwei Yuankong Monk, Situ Xiu Yueqing, Sikong Wei Pingbo, Tiance General Qin Baoyue, Taishan Wang Lingxuhua, Hussar General Quan Dingwu, Kaifu Yi and the three divisions of Shangqing Su Yunzhi, plus the emperor, a total of eight people.
Rulai and the Taoist Master did not care, and continued to walk forward.
Emperor Yanfeng led the crowd to follow, and everyone came to the outside of the city and still did not stop, and when they walked to the fields outside the city, Emperor Yanfeng stopped to look at the crops, asked an old farmer, and said, "Can you have a good harvest?"
"Yes!" the old farmer's voice was loud.
Emperor Yanfeng smiled, turned back to the ministers behind him and said, "You can have a good harvest!"
The Taoist Lord said: "Your Majesty, you can do it this year, but you may not be able to do it next year." Lao Dao brought a book, recording the story of the Great Ruins, called the Emperor Robbery Sutra, Your Majesty first read slowly, let's go slowly, if Your Majesty still insists on changing the law after reading it, then the sun and the moon will have to change the sky. β
Rulai sighed: "The Taoist Lord is merciful. β
The Dao Lord shook his head: "He doesn't know the danger here, and if he knows, he will be like us." "Let's say it, send the Kaihuang Tribulation Sutra to Emperor Yanfeng.
"Your Majesty, beware of deception!" Shangqing Su Yunzhi reminded.
Emperor Yanfeng smiled: "It's okay. β
He took the Kaihuang Tribulation Sutra from the Dao Master's hand, opened it and read it carefully.
They continued to walk forward unhurriedly, Emperor Yanfeng turned the pages one by one, and read the Kaihuang Tribulation Sutra from beginning to end, and the Taoist Lord and Rulai did not urge, but walked forward quietly.
After walking out of the hundred and ten miles, Emperor Yanfeng finished reading the Emperor Tribulation Sutra, fixed his mind, looked up at the sky, and was silent.
The old Taoist said: "Your Majesty thinks of all sentient beings, you should know how to do it, right?"
Emperor Yanfeng was stunned, and suddenly said: "When I was young, Yankang Kingdom did not have such a large territory, and the emperor was not so noble. At that time, a family of sects was still powerful, and once I went abroad with an envoy to visit a place called Yuan Qiguo, which is now Yuanzhou. There was a thunderstorm there, the sky was full of clouds, enveloping Yuan Qiguo, and the thunder was clattering and clattering, killing countless cattle, sheep and livestock, and killing countless people. β
"The emperor of Yuan Qiguo and the civil and military officials knelt in the thunderstorm to pray, and the people of the country also knelt on the ground, asking the heavens to calm their anger. In that thunderstorm, the emperor was hacked to death. Later, I learned that the heavens in their mouths were not the gods, but the Lei Yin Sect, a sect. It was probably because the harvest was not good, and there were fewer good things to pay tribute to the Lei Yin Sect, so the Lei Yin Sect came to the robbery. It was the Thunder Yin Sect's Zhenjiao Spiritual Treasure that caused the thunder tribulation, the Nine Heavens Thunder Shield. The emperor took the blame on himself, so Lei Yinzong killed him and replaced him with an emperor. That's when I thought......"
He looked at the Taoist Lord and Rulai, and said word by word: "I want to overthrow you!" Now, I have done it, but I and the national teacher have not done enough, so there will be this snow disaster. Isn't it God?
The Taoist Master couldn't help but say: "Your Majesty doesn't think about the common people? Do you want Yankang to turn into a ruin? You and the national teacher changed the law, you and the national teacher defeated those sects, and unified such a large territory, and the old Tao has not stopped you, right? But if you change the law again, it will be the anger of the heavens and endanger the common people!"
Lao Rulai said: "Your Majesty thinks twice." β
Emperor Yanfeng said: "You have your beliefs, and I have my beliefs. β
Lao Rulai sighed and said to the Taoist master: "Old Taoist friend, change the emperor." β
The Dao Lord took the Dao Sword, nodded and said, "Okay, the good words have been said, but Your Majesty is obsessed, so I have to change the emperor." β
Emperor Yanfeng looked around, only to see an old Taoist, an old monk, a poor master and others coming from all directions, surrounding them in the center, and the number was much more than the eight of them.
The faces of Admiral Tiance and the others changed greatly.
Emperor Yanfeng was stunned and said with a smile: "If you come, Dao Master, I thought you would talk about the rules of the rivers and lakes, but I didn't expect you to come to the court rules." β
Rulai shook his head and said, "If you have to do it, please forgive your majesty." Daoist, fellow Daoists, let's send Your Majesty on the road together. β
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