Money is not everything. But without money, you can't.

Since ancient times, money is indispensable to do great things, whether it is to dominate the world, or to learn what Tao Yuanming has lived a clear and leisurely life of "picking chrysanthemums under the east fence and leisurely seeing Nanshan".

Confucian Confucian scholars don't say that although this Taoist and Buddhist family are monks, they are still human beings, and their stomachs will be hungry and their bodies will be cold, even the gods they worship have to build a few statues, and of course, they have to build a few temples for this statue to shelter from the wind and rain.

None of this can be done by chanting sutras and fasting, in the final analysis, it still requires money. If you don't have money, you really don't have a home!

Therefore, whether it is a monk or a Taoist priest, although he does not run any secular industry by himself, he must put a merit box in front of the temple, and ask the believers for incense money, of course, they do not ask for it, they say that it is the respect of the pilgrims.

I don't know how much money the gods used, but the temple and the monks (god attendants) in the temple lived on the incense money and made a living.

The monks did not produce but were supported by the people, and in some periods they were rewarded for the needs of the ruling class, not to mention the titles of lords, as well as servants of the fields.

The social status of the monks is extremely high, because they are the spokesmen of the "gods", and in ancient times, the imperial power was given by heaven, and the emperor was called the Son of Heaven - the Son of Heaven.

During the Ming Emperor period of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Emperor Ming had a dream in which a golden man flew towards him. Later, above the court, he told the courtiers about this, and some ministers told him that this was the Buddha of Tianzhu Kingdom. So Emperor Ming sent envoys to Tianzhu to welcome Buddhism, and Buddhism spread in China.

When it came to the Tang Dynasty, because the royal surname was Li, and the Lao Tzu revered by Taoism was also surnamed Li, so he respected Lao Tzu as the ancestor and claimed to be a descendant of Lao Tzu, especially advocating Taoism.

After Tang Taizong Li Shiming succeeded to the throne, he fell asleep for several days and did not wake up, and the imperial doctor came to take the pulse and only said that the saint had returned to the sky, and the important ministers and concubines were sad, and put the coffin on the White Tiger Palace, and while discussing the edict of mourning, he told the world.

In fact, Tang Taizong had a long and deep dream, he dreamed that his soul was in the underworld, seeing all kinds of scenes in hell (see the eleventh chapter of Journey to the West), and after waking up, he sent a great monk to the West Heaven Buddha Kingdom to seek the right scriptures, in order to resolve the accumulated grievances, and Buddhism has also prospered in China.

In fact, before this, Buddhism in China has been quite prosperous, the Tang Dynasty Xiao Du Du Muzhi once made a poem "Jiangnan Spring": "Thousands of miles of warblers cry green and red, water village mountain Guo wine flag wind." There are 480 temples in the Southern Dynasties, and how many buildings are in the smoke and rain. It can be seen that during the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, Buddhism developed in China.

In the Song Dynasty, the royal surname Zhao, followed the Tang Dynasty, and brought the Taoist god Zhao Gongming to worship as the holy ancestor, and Taoism developed and prospered in the Song Dynasty. There is Longhu Mountain Zhengyi Sect, its previous generations of sect leaders are called Zhang Tianshi, in Longhu Mountain to build the Heavenly Master's Mansion, the Heavenly Master's Mansion is very powerful, the successive generations of Zhang Tianshi are in charge of the world's Taoism.

Longhu Mountain, Maoshan Mountain and Laoshan Mountain are also known as the holy places of the three avenues in the world.

Jiuhua Mountain, where Lei Hongzi is located, is a holy place of Buddhism, and according to legend, it is the dojo of the king of the earth and the Bodhisattva of the king of the earth, "Hell is not empty and vows not to become a Buddha, and all living beings have crossed the way to prove Bodhi". The ancient temples in the mountains stand in a forest, the cigarette smoke is swirling, the ancient trees are towering to the sky, the spirit is beautiful and quiet, known as the lotus Buddha country, there are countless temples on it, the famous ones are Ganlu Temple, Huacheng Temple, Huiju Temple, etc., even if Taoism is respected by the royal family, here is also the incense endlessly.

Chen Baigui and Yu Yun galloped with a few entourages and rushed to Jiuhua Mountain, and had no time to enjoy the beautiful scenery - of course, these two people were not elegant people who enjoyed the scenery and believed in Buddhism, so they hurriedly went to the Lotus Peak to find it.

Jiuhua Mountain is surrounded by nine peaks, like a lotus flower. Lotus Peak is one of the peaks, Chen Baigui and his entourage brought enough money, to Lotus Peak, met a temple, and worshiped to donate tens of thousands of taels of incense money to make door bricks, and then inquired about the ceremony.

It's a pity that I asked dozens of temples and spent a lot of money, but I didn't hear any news. Ask them: "Little master, do you know that there is a thunder hole on the Lotus Peak, and there is a thunder bomb in the thunder hole?" The people who heard it, Gu was expressionless, and as if he saw through the world, he said: "Amitabha, the monks don't speak, and the little monk really hasn't heard of it." ”

"Alas~" out of a temple, Chen Baigui sighed, looked at the mountain road, there are only three temples in front, at this time the sun has set, people are in the high place of the mountain peak, people are difficult to find, the general believers are trying to be convenient, enter the Buddhist temple on the mountainside to ask for the blessing of the Buddha. Therefore, the incense in the temple at the height is invincible, the scale is very small, and it seems to be dilapidated, but under the afterglow of the sunset, Chen Baigui gave birth to a sense of peace of mind, and said: "If you can't find it again, Brother Yu doesn't have to work for it, if Chen is going to die, why should he lead Brother Yu to die together?" ”

Yu Yun looked at him with some surprise and said, "Aren't there still three that haven't been asked?" Brother Chen doesn't have to be discouraged. ”

Chen Baigui shook his head, supported by a servant, panting slightly, and walked to the next temple, saying as he walked: "If you can't find it, Chen will go back and scatter the money, which can be regarded as accumulating some yin virtue before dying." ”

Yu Yun followed behind him and sneered: "If you are really willing to do this, I can't say that the Lord of the Forest Sect will spare you if he thinks well." ”

Chen Baigui paused and turned around, "Really? ”

Yu Yun said disdainfully: "That Lin Sect master fought for a prostitute, it can be seen that he is also a pretentious so-called chivalrous person who likes to hoe the strong and help the weak, hehe, to deal with this kind of person, as long as you sincerely repent and really scatter your family wealth, there is a chance that you will be spared, so ......" He patted Chen Baigui on the shoulder, "So Brother Chen doesn't have to worry too much, it is still very likely that he will save a small life." ”

Chen Baigui's face changed, he struggled for a while, was reluctant for a while, bit his lip for a while, and finally a fierce light appeared in his eyes, and he said hatefully: "If you stay in Qingshan, you are not afraid of no firewood, there is really no way, as long as you leave a small life, what if you scatter your family wealth?" In less than half a year, I have a family fortune of tens of millions! ”

"Hehe~" Yu Yunwei laughed, walked forward, and said as he walked: "Let's go, it's about to fall into the night." Chen Baigui spit out something hatefully before he followed.

The group spent more than half an hour and entered the two temples, but there was still no gain, and now there is only the last hope left. It was already dark, and the mountains were full of trees, and it was even darker.

After walking for half an hour, I saw a bamboo house on the side of the road not far in front of the path. The sandalwood in the bamboo house was swirling, and it came out, and there was a faint sound of wooden fish knocking and chanting scriptures. It seems lonely and mysterious.

"This is like a place where a master lives in seclusion!" If Lin Tian was here, he would definitely sigh like this.

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