Chapter Forgetting Original Intention
Zhao Bing saw Lu Xu being well-known, and wanted to come up with a plan that was well-known in his previous life, and to get an emperor to travel to the mountain valley and thirsty, like a farmer asking for water to drink. The farmer's wife brought out a bowl of her own local tea. After drinking it, she praised her well. The ministers who accompanied her had a large sum of money to buy tea was rejected by the farmer's wife. Then she made a story about a temple tasting a Buddhist tea. The evil monk asked for a large sum of money as a donation, but the tea was not as good as the farmer's native tea.
In this way, with the drama and his identity, after some hype, the local tea in Jiuhua Mountain will definitely be famous, and Buddha tea has been completely smashed, and no one will drink it for free in the future. However, many peasant women selling tea appeared on the mountain. But thinking about the idea I came up with was already very despicable. Doing such a "slutty operation" really hurts my image, although I have long been infamous in the minds of some people.
Lu Xu didn't know what Your Majesty thought, but he thought that the little emperor had a good idea. You should know that there are many farmers who grow tea in Jiuhua Mountain, and the so-called "monk's tea" with high prices is only produced in the tea farm controlled by the temple. No one cares about the tea farmers' tea, so it is difficult to get much benefit from it. If Your Majesty does this, Jiuhua Mountain Tea will definitely be famous. After all, the "current Buddha" is more worthy of worship than the "rebirth Buddha".
As a product sold by the imperial court, tea tax is an important income of the imperial court, and local governments can also benefit from it. Therefore, Lu Xu is very optimistic about the prospects, and he took advantage of the monks' "disrespect" to take back the management rights of Minjie at the foot of the mountain. That is a lot of investment. If the money is missing, the monks will earn money and try their best to win over officials and win people's hearts.
Everyone was very excited about the conversation, but they had already walked to the place of the Physical Body Hall. The temple was built on a high platform. It is said that Jin Dizang read the scriptures here in his later years. After his death, he built a stone pagoda on the platform and worshiped it as Jin Dizang. Later generations also equipped the temple on the pagoda, called the Physical Body Hall, also known as the Pig Ksang Tomb. Because "round light" appeared on the base tower, later generations named the place Shenguang Ridge.
Everyone climbed up the stairs and came to the high platform. Zhao Bing looked up and saw that although the palace had risen and destroyed over the past few hundred years, the palace had become more and more courageous after continuous repairs and reconstruction by the government and believers. The group entered the hall and saw a statue of Jin Dizang enshrined in the middle of the hall. He rode the "Diting" who was wading like a flying water. The left was the disciple Daoming, the right was the father of Daoming, the right was the father of Daoming.
The little yellow gate who was accompanying him took out the incense and candles, and Zhao Bing still shook his head and refused to worship. The others took the incense and candles and went in front of the Buddha to pray. He walked around the hall with his hands behind his back, causing the monks who were chanting scriptures to look at each other. Zhao Bing naturally chose to ignore it, while Ni Liang was unhappy and glared back fiercely. He had fought for many years and killed countless enemies. It can be said that he had his own evil spirit, which scared the monks to dodge their eyes and quickly lowered his head to recite the scriptures.
Although the sky is getting darker now, countless candles are burning on the platform, illuminating the hall like daylight. There are statues of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva of all sizes in front and behind the spiritual tower. The old and new are different, the materials are different, and the images are different. Some even have the words of a certain worship, which should be prayed for by good men and women. On both sides of the spiritual tower are guarded by the Ten Halls of Yama, the entire hall looks solemn and solemn, and the ferocious statue is a bit gloomy.
Zhao Bing circled around the hall around the spiritual tower, and looked at the murals painted on the wall, and found it very interesting. Jin Di hid his father and son, who were attending the Min family, became his father's senior brother because his son Daoming first entered the empty sect. This is definitely a violation of human relations and a great act in Confucian culture. However, it is in line with the Buddhist saying that "being a monk and having no home". Such contradictory things were placed in front of everyone.
Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva is a Buddhist figure, while King Yama is a Taoist figure. The current layout is that Bodhisattvas are in the middle and Yama stands guard. In Zhao Bing's view, it can be said that it is a manifestation of the integration and great unity of the two religions of Buddhism and Taoism in China; it can also be regarded as a manifestation of the decline of Taoism. Local gods and immortals have to be subordinate to foreign monks to enjoy some incense. I don't know whether it is sad or lucky for the gods and Buddhas.
Zhao Bing came out of the hall from behind, where the Yao Pool was built. The water waves were rippling and the cool breeze was whispering, which made people feel very comfortable. Xiaohuangmen found a few cushions for His Majesty to rest next to him. A monk came over to ask if he could use tea and eat vegetarian food. However, he refused, saying that when Jin Dizang was practicing Buddhism and ate it with soil in rice, he wanted to learn the spirit of hard work and simplicity and seeking the Tao, how could he only seek comfort and block the monk so hard that he could not defend himself, and was ashamed of shame.
"Fifth brother, these monks are going to say bad things about you in front of the Buddha!" After worshiping the Buddha, several people came to the back of the hall one after another. Looking at the monk who left in shame, Wang Yinglin knew that he must have been defeated in front of His Majesty again, and joked with a smile.
"I want to meet Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva and argue with him!" Zhao Bing said with a smile, "Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva made a great wish that he would not become a Buddha without being empty in hell. Now his disciples do not ask about the sufferings of the people, and hide in the mountains to enjoy peace and live a life without any effort. But he does not care about it, and enjoys the incense offerings on earth. Don't you feel ashamed?"
"The fifth brother is not afraid of ghosts and gods, and even Bodhisattvas dare to sue him!" Xie Fangde shook his head and smiled bitterly.
"I don't ask for him, for fear that they will do anything. Instead, they should take the initiative to show goodwill to me, otherwise they will demolish their temples and destroy their statues. Let's see how they can withstand me!" Zhao Bing said with a smile.
"Fifth brother is protected by God, so he is naturally not afraid of them. We are indeed mortal, but we dare not!" Xie Fangde said with a smirk.
"As the saying goes: Don't do bad things, don't be afraid of ghosts calling the door. Those who ask Gods and Buddhas every day do either too many bad things or ask too much, otherwise how can they give up family wealth to give to them for a moment of peace of mind. Now these monks are only concerned about making money and are useless in Buddhist affairs, and have long forgotten their duties. They should have traveled around the world, beg for the vegetarians, relieve their worries and get full of food. Now they are guarding the temple, relying on the world's offerings, and eat with fat belly, fat heads and ears, and only do some superficial homework. The gods and Buddhas are probably tired of them!" Zhao Bing said.
"Yes, they have lost their Buddhist heart and forgot their duty. They can't be called Buddhist disciples." Wang Yinglin also sighed.
"Look at the candles lit in front of the spiritual tower, which are as thick as a child's arm, and not less than a thousand coins per piece. I'm afraid that the consumption of hundreds of coins this night is probably more than a hundred coins. And the incense money of many temples in the mountain costs thousands of coins, which is enough for thousands of ordinary people's families to spend in one month." Zhao Bing said in great pain.
"The fifth brother only had three candles in his daily tent for a night. What he did was indeed a military and national event, but many of them were just for illusory gods and Buddhas, which were not as good as these mud fetuses!" Ni Liang said indignantly.
"I saw that the fifth brother was like the Jin Dizang at the time. In the past, the rulings and the people of the dynasty had criticized the fifth brother. This time, he followed his entourage and was with his fifth brother every day. Only then did he realize that those were all rumors." Wang Yinglin sighed, "The fifth brother was simple in tea and food every day, and his food and clothing were no different from those used by the officers and soldiers. He would always come to the army during the battle. In the past, it was rumored that the fifth brother was greedy for profit and lust, but during this year, he was accompanied by guards and eunuchs. There was no female family member, and the hardships were no different from the hard practice of Jin Dizang."
"Yes, our dynasty has been recapturing Jiangnan for three years, but Wu Ge'er still lives in the old palace of Emperor Gaozong and did not build a large amount of construction and reconstruction of the imperial city. He allocated a large sum of silver to repair the cities along the river, built tens of thousands of houses to resettle refugees, opened up thousands of roads, built water conservancy, and rectified more than a hundred dangerous labors, which benefited more than tens of millions of people in Jiangnan. How could Jin Dizang compare with Wu Ge'er's merits?" Xie Fangde said excitedly.
"It's too good!" Zhao Bing bowed to the two, "It's not groundless to say that I'm greedy for profit and lust. I love money and have the ability to make money. I always earn tens of millions of yuan every year. Speaking of lust, there are five virtuous wives in my family, which is not much higher than ordinary families. I'm not unfair to comment on this."
"It is true that my fifth brother's family wealth is very big. As far as I know, there are very few people who use it for family use except for supporting my mother. Except when we were married, the fifth brother has not added new clothes for several years. The pair of boots on his feet is still because he is too small, and he has changed one pair this year." Chen Shishi interrupted.
"Yes, last year, because the Lantern Festival is expensive, the fifth brother was furious, but... it was still several empresses who reduced their own use and filled the holes. Thinking about the fifth brother's position as a very high person, he was so self-disciplined that we often feel ashamed." Ma Duanlin also said with a shame.
"You will be in front of the fifth brother. You will benefit from the words and deeds you will be able to do so for the rest of your life!" Wang Yinglin looked at the two of them. He knew that these two were the children of officials.
Ma Duanlin was the son of Ma Tingluan, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, and could not be said to be frugal and fed, but he would not have to worry about food and drink. Chen Shishi was the son of Chen Zeweng, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and his uncle was Chen Renweng, the Minister of the Ministry of War, and his cousin was His Majesty's favorite concubine. He should be said to be a new noble in the court. He always had a little bit of a delicate spirit in the past. But now he has been with His Majesty for only two years, and being able to say such words shows that he is deeply touched.
"Ni Liang rescued me from the Yuan soldiers and fled dozens of miles in the rain with me on my back. Even the dead enemy's body could not restrain him. At that time, could he think that he would be a high-ranking official now?" Zhao Bing said, "Thinking about how much we could eat with a bowl of rice, and how many thatched houses could shelter from the wind and rain on the way, I was already very content. I am afraid that no one would have thought that we could return to Jiangnan today." Seeing a few people nodding, Zhao Bing said.
"This is like Jin Dizang who lived in a cave back then. He thought that he could practice temples in a day, collect a few disciples to preach Buddhism, and have a few acres of temple property that could allow him to have food and clothing. I am afraid that he could not have thought that he could receive worship from thousands of believers today. He thought that his disciples built such a magnificent temple, and he did not expect that his disciples had forgotten the original intention of practicing Buddhism and became secular people who made money."
Chapter completed!