Chapter 506: Dao Buddha Disputes
"The Taishang Three Caves of Wutai Mountain, I heard that there have been a lot of talents in recent years, and there are nearly 700 cultivators in the whole faction, and they have a great influence in the Daomen of Nanbu Prefecture. Cutting them down can indeed arouse the anger of the Daomen and provoke trouble. "The Bull Demon King is very familiar with the forces in the world, and when he saw that the demon kings heard the "Taishang Three Caves", they all looked confused, and immediately explained.
"Oh, in that case, then let's stay in this Luoyang City for a while!" Chen Xian saw that there was still excitement to see, and he was not in a hurry to go back.
On the second day, Takerteng and Zhu Falan wrote to Emperor Liu Zhuang, saying that the natural disaster had broken out, and the two wanted to travel out of Beijing to treat those injured in the disaster along the way.
Liu Zhuang was having a headache for yesterday's "natural disaster" at this time, and was thinking about disaster relief, seeing that the two monks "took the initiative" to help, although he felt that the contribution of the two monks was very small, but he gladly agreed.
After the two monks got Liu Zhuang's will, they immediately packed their luggage and belongings, took four newly collected retinues, and after leaving Luoyang City, they changed along the official road and went in the direction of Wutai Mountain.
Wutai Mountain is also in Jizhou, which is also a disaster-stricken area, and the two monks will naturally not forget to save the people along the way, and by the way, they will promote the teachings of Buddhism's compassion and universal sentient beings, but they have developed many believers.
Because he brought mortal retinues, he had to treat the injured people along the road and propagate the teachings, and they were really like mortals along the way. The two monks took one step at a time, trekking all the way through mountains and rivers, sleeping in the open air, and it took a month to arrive at Wutai Mountain.
After the two monks turned around on Wutai Mountain, they immediately hurried back to Luoyang, wrote to Liu Zhuang, saying that they had seen Manjushri Bodhisattva preaching on Wutai Mountain, and saw Ashoka's relics pagoda, Wutai Mountain was really a holy place for Buddhism, and they wanted to build a monastery on Wutai Mountain to promote Buddhism.
Liu Zhuang originally intended to support Buddhism and strengthen his rule, and after receiving the recital of the two monks, he approved the word "quasi-performance" and returned it.
With the emperor's approval, the two monks immediately set off to Wutai Mountain, found local officials, and asked them to recruit craftsmen to build the temple.
Liu Zhuang is a Ming monarch, the rule is strict, even the brother of a king asked Xiangshi: "I look very similar to the first emperor (Guangwu), the first emperor ascended the throne at the age of thirty, I am now thirty years old, when can I be the emperor?" Xiangshi immediately went down and fled, and reported the matter to Liu Zhuang, the local county order dared to slacken, when even if the two were arranged in the post station, he called the official to find the craftsman overnight, and found all the people overnight.
In civil engineering, the first step is site selection, followed by surveying and mapping planning, planning the size and layout of the building. So the next day, the county commander Wu (probably called Wu You) came to the post station with a surveyor.
After warmly greeting the two monks and having a sumptuous vegetarian breakfast, Wu Xianling introduced the thirty-year-old master of surveying, mapping and architecture, who is said to be the Luoyang Imperial Palace...... His father designed and presided over the construction.
After introducing the famous builder, Wu Xian Ling took ten officials and brought all the food, and then went up to Wutai Mountain with Morteng, Zhu Falan and their entourage.
Wu Xianling is a pampered fat pig, who came to the foot of Wutai Mountain by carriage, looking at the majestic Wutai Mountain, and couldn't help but retreat. However, thinking that the emperor's order was difficult to do, Wu Xianling gritted his teeth and led a group of people into Wutai Mountain.
At this time, the Wutai mountains, because they were not polluted and destroyed, except for the Taoist priests who came and went high on the mountain, no one came, it was really high and dense, and tigers and wolves were everywhere.
The thorns were dealt with by the officials brought by the Wu County Order, and the tiger and wolf, the two monks knocked down the Zen staff, and any tigers, leopards, jackals, snakes, insects, rats and ants did not dare to approach, and it was not very difficult to shuttle in the mountains and forests.
Morteng and Zhu Falan had already chosen the address to build the temple, and walked in the mountains for a long time with a group of officials and masters, and finally arrived at the place - Zhongtai Cuiyan Peak with Wu County, who was panting like a dog and sweating like rain.
"Who are you, why are you wandering around in the forbidden land behind my Three Caves?" When everyone was busy, cutting out weeds and shrubs, revealing the terrain, a little boy came in the distance, and he shouted from afar.
"Fairchild is polite. As a local parent official, Wu County Ling knew that Taishang Sandong Temple had some doorways, although the other party was just a small Taoist child, but Wu County Ling still saluted very politely: "The next official is the local county order Wu You, this is the Great Zen Master of Morteng, and this is the Great Zen Master Zhu Falan." ”
Takerteng and Zhu Falan nodded, which was regarded as a salute, but they did not recite "Nan Wu Amitabha" to the Taoist priest.
After introducing the main characters in his group, Wu Xian Ling said: "The two monks want to build a meditation temple here, and the emperor has approved it, and we are here to survey the terrain and prepare for the construction." ”
"This can't do it!" Xiao Daotong shook his head like a rattle, and waved his hand again and again: "This is the forbidden place behind my three caves, how can I let Hu Seng build a Zen temple, and leave as soon as possible, otherwise I will call someone." ”
At this time, Wutai Mountain is still called Zifu Mountain, Zifu is a Taoist language, Wutai Mountain at this time is still a famous Taoist mountain, there are forty or fifty Taoist temples on the mountain, more than 3,000 Taoist priests practice, a greeting, saliva alone can drown them, so Wu County Ling is very frightened, and has the intention of retreating.
Morteng and Zhu Flange made up their minds to cause trouble, but they were willing to retreat, and they quarreled for a while, which alarmed the master of the Three Caves, Daoming Zhenren He Zhengzhi.
Seeing the master, Xiao Daotong hurriedly told the matter, and there were four disciples accompanying the master, and when he heard that the two monks wanted to occupy the mountain behind his house, he was immediately annoyed, and the bald donkey scolded the bald donkey.
The two monks had the intention of provoking, so they immediately took action, because both of them were half-step Daluo cultivators, and the people present were not their opponents, including He Zhengzhi, the contemplator in the middle of Taiyi.
After the two monks wounded the Taoist priests, they did not kill them, but expelled them, laid a strong barrier, and ordered Wu County to continue surveying and mapping.
After seeing the methods of the two monks, everyone present was silent, so they dared to disobey, and hurriedly did what they should do.
Not to mention that Mo Teng and Zhu Falan were supervising the construction of the Zen Monastery there, but said that after He Zhengzhi was beaten back, the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, so he went to his friend Zhu Shanxin to discuss the matter.
After listening to He Zhengzhi's story, Zhu Shanxin immediately changed color, and he was going to find the second monk to theorize.
"No, both of them are half-step Daluo monks, we are not opponents at all!" He Zhengzhi hurriedly stopped.
"This is no one to deceive me!" Zhu Shanxin said fiercely: "In this way, you and I will contact the three mountains and five mountains separately to each view of the same way, why don't we jointly write to Liu Zhuang, accusing them of being stubborn and having an accident, and my Daomen wants to compete with them to test the Taoism to distinguish the true from the false." ”
"This is very good, my Dao Sect is not weaker than their Buddha Sect!" He Zhengzhi said fiercely.
The plan was set, and the two of them immediately took action, traveling all over the five mountains in one day, and said that they were willing to move the five mountains and eighteen views to hold great things together, but many monks either closed their doors and disappeared, or shirked to clean up the cultivation, unwilling to interfere with this matter.
However, He Zhengzhi and Zhu Shanxin can't take care of it so much, and the two of them have already begun to prepare to start construction, and if they don't act, everything will be too late.
In this way, a copy of the five mountains and eighteen views and the three caves of Taishang 690 Taoist priests jointly denounced Buddhism and sent it to the imperial table of Emperor Liu Zhuang.
This time involved a religious incident, in order to prevent it from gathering believers to make trouble, Liu Zhuang attached great importance to this matter, and gave instructions on the same day and agreed to fight.
Emperor Liu Zhuang actually wanted to see the strength of these foreign monks, and ordered the construction of a high platform in front of the White Horse Temple, and chose a day to discuss the Tao, and at the same time stopped the construction of the temple on Wutai Mountain, and then decided whether to continue after the results.
A battle between Dao and Buddha is about to begin......