Chapter Seventy-Eight: Tang Seng
After Taizong Li Shimin went to the underworld and came back, he posted a list of amnesty to the world, and then gathered all the officials, recruited monks, and built a "water and land conference" to cross the ghost of the underworld. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
When there is a scholar Fu Yi playing, there is no Buddha in words. The table said: "The law of the Western Regions, there are no kings and ministers, fathers and sons, with three ways and six ways, to be lured to stupidity, to chase past sins, to see the blessings of the future, to recite Sanskrit, in order to escape." And life and death, life and death, this is nature; Today, I heard that the laymen were pretentious, and they were all clouds by the Buddha. Since the five emperors and three kings, there has been no Buddhism, the monarch is loyal and loyal, and the years are long. To the Han Ming Emperor set up the god Hu, but only the Sangmen of the Western Regions, self-preaching its teachings, is really a crime against China, it is not enough to believe. ”
The reason why Fu Yi strongly opposes Buddhism is that since the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Buddhism has flourished, monasteries are all over the country, and the number of monks and nuns is increasing day by day. Although the pain of the change of dynasty and the rectification of Emperor Gaozu has sharply reduced the number of Buddhists, the influence of Buddhism is still all over the country, large and small states and counties. Now, the emperor suddenly wants to convene a land and water conference to gather virtuous monks from all over the world in Chang'an, and he is afraid that Buddhism will take this opportunity to restore the heyday of the Northern and Southern Dynasties.
In the struggle between the clergy and the imperial power, Fu Yi firmly stood on the side of the imperial power, and he always believed that the spread of Buddhism was chaotic Confucianization.
Li Shimin was silent after reading it, and showed this recital to several important ministers to see what their attitudes were.
Among the courtiers, there were mostly believers in Buddhism, among which the prime minister Xiao Yu was the leader. After reading it, he went out and said: "Buddhism has risen from many dynasties, promoting good and curbing evil, and helping the country, and there is no reason to abandon it." Buddha, saint also. Those who are not saints cannot, please be punished severely. He is the seventh son of Emperor Xiao Yue of Liang Ming of the Southern Dynasty and the younger brother of Empress Xiao.
In his opinion, the emperor was able to return to the yang world safely this time, thanks to the help of Buddhist saints, and why they wanted to help the emperor was nothing more than to let him use the imperial power to promote Buddhism. Moreover, he had been the prime minister for many years, and he had already had a deep understanding of the emperor's thoughts, and the emperor took the initiative to invite the water and land conference, which must have strongly supported the spread of Buddhism, so he stood up to Fu Yi.
Fu Yi retorted: "Etiquette is based on the affairs of relatives, and the Buddha betrays his relatives and becomes a monk, resists the Son of Heaven with his husband, and rebels against his relatives with his successor, Xiao Yu was born in Kongsang, and he follows the teachings of fatherlessness, and the so-called non-filial piety has no relatives." ”
Xiao Yu argued that he couldn't, and clasped his hands together and said: "The setting of hell is for people. ”
Li Shimin saw that Fu Yi had the upper hand, and he was very unhappy, so he immediately recruited Zhang Daoyuan, the servant, and Zhang Shiheng to go to the court to ask about Buddhism. The second minister believes in the Buddha and respects the Buddha more, not to mention that last night the Bodhisattva personally entrusted the dream and asked them to help speak, at this time it is the time to perform, and naturally it is to vigorously support the opening of the water and land conference, and immediately played: "The Buddha is pure and benevolent, and the Buddha is empty." Emperor Wu of the Zhou Dynasty divided it into three religions: the Great Hui Zen Master has praise and far-reaching, and the people have been offering and all of them are obvious; the five ancestors are reincarnated, and the Dharma phenomenon is phenomena. Since ancient times, the three religions of the clouds are supreme and cannot be destroyed or abolished. His Majesty Fu begged for a holy judgment. ”
When Li Shimin heard this, he was overjoyed and said: "Qing's words are reasonable. Then there is a person who speaks, and he is guilty!" After speaking, Wei Zheng, Xiao Yu, and Zhang Daoyuan were ordered to invite the monks to elect a person with great virtue as the altar master and build a dojo.
The ministers thanked and retreated, Fu Yi looked at the empty hall, sighed, and turned to leave.
The next day, the three courtiers began to choose in a mountain and river altar in Chang'an City, thousands of monks are to see the emperor's notice from all over the place to gather here, only to see the altar under the crowd of people, shoulder to shoulder, it is really lively.
Zhao Qingyu was wearing armor, mingling among the soldiers, looking at the monks in the audience with a calm face, it would be Tang Seng's turn to appear later, and his fate would change dramatically at this moment.
Zhao Qingyu came, in addition to taking a look at the old Tang in the group of four, he took the opportunity to capture Wei Zheng and then handed it over to Xiao Xiaolong for disposal.
The three ministers, Wei Zheng stood at the head of the left, although he and Xiao Yu were both prime ministers, but their qualifications were not as old as Xiao Yu, so they could only condescend to the left. Zhao Qingyu glanced at him, and said secretly in his heart: "No wonder the little dragon has been lurking in the dark for a few days and has never had a chance to make a move, this Wei Zheng's strength turned out to be in the middle stage of the True Immortal, not only that, but his two guards are also in the early stage of the True Immortal." ”
Seeing this, Zhao Qingyu frowned, with his ability, if he wanted to sacrifice the True Spirit Bead, it would be easy to capture Wei Zheng. It's just that the two guards next to him are a little troublesome, and if they don't try to lure them away, or lead them, it will be difficult to hold Wei Zheng. Even if he could catch Wei Zheng as he wished, if he let his two guards run away, it would be a troublesome matter.
Zhao Qingyu guessed in his heart that Wei Zheng was a Buddhist person nine times out of ten, and he had to be unaware of him, otherwise if he let Rulai know, it would be a hornet's nest.
After thinking about it in his heart, Zhao Qingyu decided not to do it for the time being, so as not to startle the snake, and wait until he met with the red boy and the little dragon, and then did it with them, so that he was ninety percent sure.
Among the three courtiers on the stage, Wei Zheng, as a member of Buddhism, naturally knew that the person selected by Buddhism this time was Chen Xuanzang, the reincarnation of Jin Chanzi, the second disciple of the Buddha, so it was very easy to find him among a bunch of monks. And Zhang Daoyuan was blinded in his dream, and he also knew that the selection of senior monks this time was just a process, and the selection of the mage had already been decided. The rest of Xiao Yu is also a believer in Buddhism, as long as the other two are selected at the same time, he naturally has no different meanings.
Wei Zheng and Zhang Daoyuan pretended to make a selection, selected Chen Xuanzang from among the monks, and after asking him about his identity and origin, the matter was finalized on the spot.
Chen Xuanzang was stunned for a moment, as if he couldn't believe that good things would fall on his head, and after confirming it with the three ministers, he was immediately overjoyed, if it weren't for the presence of several adults, I was afraid that he would have forgotten about it a long time ago.
He has been a monk since he was a child, and he has practiced with the monks of Jinshan Temple, and decades have passed, and his knowledge of Buddhism has become more and more profound, but he has not learned anything about boxing. He didn't understand in his heart, he knew that the monk was powerful, but he refused to teach him the skill of subduing demons and subduing demons, and taught him to memorize Buddhist scriptures and write scriptures silently all day long, and he didn't say a word about the Buddhist rebirth or the removal of the five aggregates Dafa.
From childhood to adulthood, Chen Xuanzang didn't know how many times he asked the monk Faming why he didn't teach him spells, but the answer he got was: monks should devote themselves to practicing Buddhism, participating in meditation and enlightenment, and often reciting those skills to kill. Where there is killing, there is hatred, and if the heart is hatred, how can it bear Zen fruit.
After hearing these words a lot, he tasted the meaning of them, and he didn't ask them again in the past few years.
This time, Chen Xuanzang was ordered by the monk Faming to come down the mountain to see the world, looking for an opportunity to talk with those virtuous monks, and increase his understanding of Buddhist knowledge.
At the same time, he was a little worried, he had been practicing with Fa Ming since he was a child, and he had never presided over the Fa alone, but this time he not only had to teach the Fa in public, but also in front of hundreds of civil and military officials.
Seeing this, Wei Zheng patted Chen Xuanzang's back and said with a smile: "Master don't worry too much, you are a virtuous monk, when you preside over the water and land conference, the Buddha will definitely shelter you!"
Chen Xuanzang was shocked when he heard this, and said tremblingly: "The poor monk is the body of a mortal, what virtue does the Buddha have to help." ”
"Heaven must not be divulged. Wei Zheng smiled slightly, and said, "Master, come with me and the two adults to the palace to meet Your Majesty." ”
Chen Xuanzang led the order to go along, although he was still very nervous when he looked at it, but Wei Zheng's words just now had a very good reassuring effect on him, and the worry in his heart was suddenly alleviated a lot.
Chen Xuanzang's reaction was seen by Zhao Qingyu, he secretly sneered in his heart, and thought: "This old Tang has all the joys and sorrows on his face, and he has no demeanor of a monk at all, except that his identity is true, how can he be like a golden cicada." ”